The Southern Appalachian Region is the largest American "problem area"—an area whose participation in the economic growth of the nation has not been sufficien

Appalachia is a region in trouble. Even in the more remote coves and hollows, major social and economic changes are disturbing the traditional ways of life. The

The largely untold story of the great migration of white southerners to the industrial Midwest and its profound and enduring political and social consequences O