The only available resource that examines the important issues of health, environment, and education for the at risk population of Appalachian migrants in American cities.
Introduction Migration Patterns, Demographics, and Cultural Perserverance Living City, Feeling Country: The Current Status and Future Prospects of Urban Appalachians by Phillip J. Obermiller and Michael E. Maloney Looking for Appalachians in Pittsburgh: Seeking Deliverance, Finding the Deerhunter by Phillip J. Obermiller and Michael E. Maloney The Sense of Place and Cultural Identity among Urban Appalachians: A Study in Post-Death Migration by Phillip J. Obermiller and Ray Rappold Appalachian Women: Between Two Cultures by H. Virginia McCoy, Diana Gullett Trevino, and Clyde B. McCoy Health and Environmental Issues Urban Appalachian Health Concerns by Phillip J. Obermiller and Robert W. Oldendick Health Education Strategies for Urban Blacks and Appalachians by Phillip J. Obermiller and Walter S. Handy The Health Status of Children Living in Urban Appalachian Neighborhoods by M. Kathryn Brown and Phillip J. Obermiller Concerning Contamination: Attitudes on Environmental Issues among Urban Minority Groups by Phillip J. Obermiller and Andrew Smith Social and Educational Issues A Case for Naturalistic Assessment and Intervention in an Urban Appalachian Community by David Barnett, Anne Bauer, Barbara Baker, Kristal Ehrhardt, and Stephanie Stollar Urban Appalachians and Professional Intervention: A Model for Educators and Social Service Providers by Lonnie Helton, Edwin Barnes, and Kathryn M. Borman Echoes from the Hill: Urban Appalachian Youths and Educational Reform by Elizabeth M. Penn, Kathryn M. Borman, and Fred Hoeweler Readin', Writin', and Route 23: A Road to Economic but not Educational Success by Johanna S. DeStefano Social Change and Urban Appalachian Children: Youth at Risk by Kathryn M. Borman and Delores Stegelin Appalachians in Cities: Issues and Challenges for Research by Rhoda H. Halperin References Index
KATHRYN M. BORMAN is Associate Dean in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. She has published numerous books on education, employment, women, and community development. PHILLIP J. OBERMILLER is an associate of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky. He is co-editor of Too Few Tomorrows: Urban Appalachians in the 1980s (1987) and author of many journal articles on Appalachian themes.
.,."important reading for those who are interested in rural to
urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of
access to social services."-Now & Then
?...important reading for those who are interested in rural to
urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of
access to social services.?-Now & Then
?An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of
Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides
the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are
like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as
they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic
neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth
reading.?-Appalachian Journal
?This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries.?-Journal
of Social Science Research
?This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging
problems that have developed in American cities from the great
internal migration northward of Appalachian people.?-Appalachian
Heritage
..."important reading for those who are interested in rural to
urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of
access to social services."-Now & Then
"This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries."-Journal
of Social Science Research
"This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging
problems that have developed in American cities from the great
internal migration northward of Appalachian people."-Appalachian
Heritage
"An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of
Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides
the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are
like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as
they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic
neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth
reading."-Appalachian Journal
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