Upheaval : stories by Holbrook, Chris

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Digging Our Own Graves Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease. by Smith, Barbara Ellen

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Reckoning at Eagle Creek : the Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland. by Biggers, Jeff

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African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club by Wagner, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Coming Up on the Rough Side of the Mountain: African Americans and Coal Camps in Appalachia -- 2. Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: African Americans in Coal Towns -- 3. …”
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African American miners and migrants : the Eastern Kentucky Social Club by Wagner, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Coming Up on the Rough Side of the Mountain: African Americans and Coal Camps in Appalachia -- 2. Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: African Americans in Coal Towns -- 3. …”
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Musical holdouts

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Appalachian children's literature : an annotated bibliography by Herrin, Roberta T.

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Every river on earth : writing from Appalachian Ohio

Table of Contents: “…David Lee Garrison: Every River on Earth; 3: The Grind; Laura Madeline Wiseman: In Line for the Cashier; South of the Train Tracks; Joel Peckham: Everything Must Go; Michael Henson: Coming Home; Christina Jones: The Last Shot; David Baker: Patriotics; Brooks Rexroat: Destroying New Boston; Donald Ray Pollock: The Jesus Lights; Joel Peckham: Psalm 96; 4: Home and Away; Cathy Cultice Lentes: To the Young Man Living on the Fourteenth Floor, Missing the Hills of Appalachia; Dallas Woodburn: The Stars in Shawnee.…”
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Hittin the prayer bones : materialities of spirit in the pentecostal south by Blanton, Anderson

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The transformation of the Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760

Table of Contents: “…. -- Reconstructing the coalescence of Cherokee communities in Southern Appalachia / Christopher B. Rodning -- From prehistory through Protohistory to ethnohistory in and near the Northern lower Mississippi Valley / Marvin D. …”
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Bert Combs the politician : an oral history

Table of Contents: “…The Combs Administration: Political Reality; Advice and Counsel; The Sales Tax; The Merit System; Toll Roads, Parks, and Tourism; Appalachia…”
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Communities of Work : Rural Restructuring in Local and Global Contexts. by Falk, William W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Communities ofWork -- Part I: Region, Work, and Restructuring -- 1 Old Industrial Regions and the Political Economy of Development -- 2 Place, Race, and State -- 3 Meat Processing in Rural America -- 4 Socioeconomic Trends in Mining-Dependent Counties in Appalachia -- 5 From Extraction to Amenities -- Part II: Work and Community -- 6 Troubled Waters or Business as Usual? …”
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Fairy Tale Review : the Translucent Issue #13. by Kate Bernheimer

Table of Contents: “…Jenneva Kayser: Citizens of the Sky & Love Song for Whoever You Become -- Taisia Kitaiskaia: Sunday Queen & Queen's Mother & Queen's Eulogy for Uncle -- Marie Marandola: Call Me Moira, Call Me Angela -- Sam Meekings: The Feather Dress -- Jefferson Navicky: The Lil' Bitty Eyeball -- Nazli Pearl: Hydra -- Maura Pellettieri: Mother and Daughterhood -- Gretchen Steele Pratt: He Walks Through Appalachia -- C Samuel Rees: Syren of the Ditch -- Erika Rier: Rituals & Stories -- Adam Soto: Animal Fires -- Anastasia Stelse: Ivory -- Caroline Belle Stewart: Man Camp -- Elizabeth Horner Turner: Smalldom…”
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Music and memory

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No place like home : long term care for the elderly by Weisberg, Roger

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The Appalachian photographs of Earl Palmer by Haskell, Jean, 1947-

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Reconstruction's ragged edge : the politics of postwar life in the southern mountains by Nash, Steven E.

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Teacher education for social justice : perspectives and lessons learned

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives and lessons learned about teacher education for social justice / Luciana C. de Oliveira -- Socially just teaching through the eyes of Russian immigrants / Galina Miller and Lyubov Sylayeva -- Teacher education for immigrant students: the educational issues of immigrant students in the United States and Japan / Thu Ya Aung, Shaivi Divatia, and Reiko Akiyama -- Chocolate-covered Twinkies: social justice and superficial aims in teacher education / Jubin Rahatzad, Jason Ware, and Mark Haugen -- Beyond dominant discourse on Islam: proposal for disruptions through teacher education programs for democratic engagement and social justice / Amina Shareef and Adrien Chauvet -- Identity and social justice development of preservice teachers / Maricela Alvarado and Amy Carey -- A social justice curriculum for Appalachia / Ryan Angus and Joshua Iddings -- Al otro lado del Puente: fostering partnerships between academia and Latino communities / Zaira R. …”
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A natural history of the central Appalachians by Stephenson, Steven L.

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Adolescent diversity in ethnic, economic, and cultural contexts

Table of Contents: “…Shanahan, Julia Jackson-Newsom -- Growing up in Appalachia : ecological influences on adolescent development / Stephan M. …”
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Ecological education in everyday life : ALPHA 2000

Table of Contents: “…Ecological education in the living environment / Laila Iskandar Kamel -- Abundance as a central idea in ecological approaches in education / Munir Fasheh -- Ecology and the basic education among the indigenous peoples of Canada / Serge Wagner -- From reaching in to reaching out: El-Warsha 1987-1999 / Hassan El-Geretly -- The creation of knowledge through environmental education / Paolo Orefice -- An ecological culture for teachers / Viara Gurova -- Education for regional sustainable development / Jan Keller -- Environmental adult education in the Czech Republic / Michal Bartos -- Literacy practices in local activities: an ecological approach / David Barton -- Addressing Alexandria's environmental problems / Adel Abu Zahra -- The campaign against the MAI in Canada / Brain Sarwer-Foner -- Sustainable development literacy in Central Appalachia / Anthony Flaccavento -- Sustainable community development with human dimensions: the Basaisa experience / Salah Arafa -- Revitalizing a depopulating region in Hungary / Valeria Nagy Czanka and Ildiko Mihaly -- Agricultural development and the preservation of indigenous knowledge / Ismail Daiq and Shawkat Sarsour -- The Nuweiba seminar / Jean-Paul Hautecoeur.…”
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Ecological education in everyday life : ALPHA 2000

Table of Contents: “…Ecological education in the living environment / Laila Iskandar Kamel -- Abundance as a central idea in ecological approaches in education / Munir Fasheh -- Ecology and the basic education among the indigenous peoples of Canada / Serge Wagner -- From reaching in to reaching out: El-Warsha 1987-1999 / Hassan El-Geretly -- The creation of knowledge through environmental education / Paolo Orefice -- An ecological culture for teachers / Viara Gurova -- Education for regional sustainable development / Jan Keller -- Environmental adult education in the Czech Republic / Michal Bartos -- Literacy practices in local activities: an ecological approach / David Barton -- Addressing Alexandria's environmental problems / Adel Abu Zahra -- The campaign against the MAI in Canada / Brain Sarwer-Foner -- Sustainable development literacy in Central Appalachia / Anthony Flaccavento -- Sustainable community development with human dimensions: the Basaisa experience / Salah Arafa -- Revitalizing a depopulating region in Hungary / Valeria Nagy Czanka and Ildiko Mihaly -- Agricultural development and the preservation of indigenous knowledge / Ismail Daiq and Shawkat Sarsour -- The Nuweiba seminar / Jean-Paul Hautecoeur.…”
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Agee at 100 : centennial essays on the works of James Agee

Table of Contents: “…Crank; A Continuous Center: Centripetal and Centrifugal Tendencies in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men -- Andrew Crooke; A Blind Work of Nature: The Ethics of Representing Beauty in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men -- Jesse Graves; James Agee's A Death in the Family: Personal Identity and Conflict in an Emerging Appalachia -- Michael A. Lofaro.…”
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A little middle of the night by Brodak, Molly

Table of Contents: “…-- Before Memory -- Les Blessures Graves -- The Horse Museum -- Ought -- Underneath Underneath -- Underneath at All -- Underneath (Side Effects) -- Underneath -- Diary of a Year without Pictures -- Mild Peril -- Going Back to Sleep -- Mars Black -- White Trash -- Lake Superior -- Appalachia -- North of North -- Funny Old -- A Little Middle of the Night -- Whoever Said Hell Is Not Beautiful -- I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY: A Novel -- Pale YellowThroat -- Lake-like -- Lacan as an Australian Settler -- Folkways -- Cabaret Voltaire -- Like Your Jesus, Only Mine -- Roman Girls -- Drawer of Cardinals -- Vermeer Sounds -- Snow White -- Joseph Conrad's Last Novel (Which Is Comprised Entirely of Face Colors Used in His Previous Novels) -- The Greek Theater -- The First Poem -- Ramp of the Chinese Dog -- Scene from an Unknown Painting -- Midwest Wilderness.…”
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Who Owns America? : Social Conflict over Property Rights. by Jacobs, Harvey M.

Table of Contents: “…The Political Economy of Land Tenure: Appalachia and the Southeast; Conclusion: Who Owns America?…”
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A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South. by Gray, Richard

Table of Contents: “…A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Plates; PART I Introduction; 1 Writing Southern Cultures; PART II Themes and Issues; 2 The First Southerners: Jamestown's Colonists as Exemplary Figures; 3 Slave Narratives; 4 Plantation Fiction; 5 The Slavery Debate; 6 Southern Writers and the Civil War; 7 Visualizing the Poor White; 8 Southern Appalachia; 9 The Southern Literary Renaissance; 10 The Native-American South; 11 Southern Music; 12 Country Music; 13 The Civil Rights Debate; 14 Southern Religion(s).…”
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So much to be angry about : Appalachian Movement Press and radical DIY publishing, 1969-1979 by Slifer, Shaun, 1979-

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Wild Ohio : the Best of Our Natural Heritage. by McCormac, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Appalachian Plateaus; Clear Creek Metropark; Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve; Dysart Woods; Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve; Little Beaver Creek; Mohican State Forest; Shawnee State Forest; Tri-Valley Wildlife Area; Interior Low Plateau-Bluegrass Section; Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve; Edge of Appalachia Preserve; Lynx Prairie; Central Lowland-Till Plains; Bigelow/Smith Cemeteries State Nature Preserves; Big and Little Darby Creeks; Cedar Bog State Memorial…”
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Wild Ohio : the Best of Our Natural Heritage. by McCormac, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Appalachian Plateaus; Clear Creek Metropark; Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve; Dysart Woods; Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve; Little Beaver Creek; Mohican State Forest; Shawnee State Forest; Tri-Valley Wildlife Area; Interior Low Plateau-Bluegrass Section; Chaparral Prairie State Nature Preserve; Edge of Appalachia Preserve; Lynx Prairie; Central Lowland-Till Plains; Bigelow/Smith Cemeteries State Nature Preserves; Big and Little Darby Creeks; Cedar Bog State Memorial…”
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Cormac McCarthy : new directions

Table of Contents: “…Lilley -- History and the ugly facts of Blood meridian / Dana Phillips -- The lay of the land in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia / K. Wesley Berry -- The sacred hunter and the eucharist of the wilderness: mythic reconstructions in Blood meridian / Sara Spurgeon -- History, bloodshed, and the spectacle of American identity in Blood meridian / Adam Parkes -- Abjection and "the feminine" in Outer dark / Ann Fisher-Wirth -- All the pretty Mexicos: Cormac McCarthy's Mexican representations / Daniel Cooper Alarcón -- "Blood is blood": All the pretty horses in the multicultural literature class / Timothy P. …”
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Hippie homesteaders : arts, crafts, music and living on the land in West Virginia by Seaton, Carter Taylor

Table of Contents: “…Traditional handcrafts in Appalachia -- The serendipitous timing of West Virginia's arts outreach program -- Pacifists, protesters, and draft dodgers -- The times, they were a'changin' -- Joe Chasnoff, furniture maker -- Tom Rodd, potter and attorney -- John Wesley Williams, furniture maker -- Hell no! …”
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Discovering folk music by Ledgin, Stephanie P.

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Gone Dollywood : Dolly Parton's mountain dream by Hoppe, Graham, 1984-

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Believe What You Can : Poems. by Harshman, Marc

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Southern religion and Christian diversity in the twentieth century by Flynt, Wayne, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Southern Baptists and Appalachia: A Case Study of Modernization and Community; 8. …”
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The Allegheny frontier : West Virginia beginnings, 1730-1830 by Rice, Otis K.

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Stories of home : place, identity, exile

Table of Contents: “…Homelessness and other "homes" : Childhood homelessness: a phenomenological reflection / Erik Garrett -- Foothills of modernity: voicing home in Appalachia / Timothy Baird -- Motown magic and/in haunted hollers: from one othered America to another / Rebecca Mercado Thornton -- The exile narratives / Amardo Rodriguez -- III. …”
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Circling faith : southern women on spirituality

Table of Contents: “…Keeping Faith of Our Mothers; Taking Terroir on Faith -- Beth Ann Fennelly; Amazons in Appalachia -- Marilou Awiakta; Why We Can't Talk to You About Voodoo -- Brenda Marie Osbey; III. …”
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I'm Afraid of That Water : a Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis

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Fire baton : poems by Hadaway, Elizabeth, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Was You Born Here?; All Short-a Appalachia; The Black Dog of the Blue Ridge; A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Car, of Dale Earnhardt at Daytona; Living with Ballads: Sidna Allen; The Hundredth Summer of the Chestnut Blight; Ghosts for Dinner; American Viscose Plant, 1929; Clampdown; Tiffanie; Drinking Bottled Water; Faculty Parking Apocalypse; The Shower Curtain Swans; Disney Ride Song of the South; Moved, Lost Your Number; Fearing the Loss of My Hounds; Crop Cults; Living with Ballads: The Nutshell Bed; Fire Baton; The Crocodile Dream, Every Seven Years.…”
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