{"product_id":"appalachia-revisited-new-perspectives-on-place-tradition-and-progress-paperback","title":"Appalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Schumann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Adkins Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for its dramatic beauty and valuable natural resources, Appalachia has undergone significant technological, economic, political, and environmental changes in recent decades. Home to distinctive traditions and a rich cultural heritage, the area is also plagued by poverty, insufficient healthcare and education, drug addiction, and ecological devastation. This complex and controversial region has been examined by generations of scholars, activists, and civil servants--all offering an array of perspectives on Appalachia and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative volume, editors William Schumann and Rebecca Adkins Fletcher assemble both scholars and nonprofit practitioners to examine how Appalachia is perceived both within and beyond its borders. Together, they investigate the region's transformation and analyze how it is currently approached as a topic of academic inquiry. Arguing that interdisciplinary and comparative place-based studies increasingly matter, the contributors investigate numerous topics, including race and gender, environmental transformation, university-community collaborations, cyber identities, fracking, contemporary activist strategies, and analyze Appalachia in the context of local-to-global change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pathbreaking study analyzing continuity and change in the region through a global framework, \u003ci\u003eAppalachia Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars and students as well as for policymakers, community and charitable organizers, and those involved in community development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWilliam Schumann \u003c\/b\u003eis director of Appalachian studies at Appalachian State University. \u003cb\u003eRebecca Adkins Fletcher \u003c\/b\u003eis a visiting lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and adjunct faculty at Ohio University Southern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49634412527771,"sku":"9780813174419","price":53.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/AqCjk9JHyB9780813174419.webp?v=1790322755","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/appalachia-revisited-new-perspectives-on-place-tradition-and-progress-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}