Explains to outsiders the conflicts between the financial interests of the coal and land companies and the moral rights of the vulnerable mountaineers
John Gaventa, a Tennessee native, received his doctorate
from Oxford University. He has written widely on the Appalachian
region in academic and popular journals. He is now employed at the
Highlander Research and Education Center, an adult education center
which works closely with community and labor groups in the
Appalachian and southern regions of the United States.
Winner of the W. D. Weatherford Award of the Appalachian Society, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award of the APSA, Lillian Smith Award of the Southern Regional Council, V.O. Key Award of the Southern PSA, and the Governor's Award from the Kentucky Historical Society
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