Description: A pathbreaking study analyzing continuity and change in the region through a global framework, Appalachia Revisited is essential reading for scholars and students as well as for policymakers, community and charitable organizers, and those involved in community development.
Brief description: William R. Schumann is Professor of Appalachian Studies in the Department of Rural Resilience & Innovation and the former Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University. Schumann has 25 years of experience in community development and applied pedagogy in Appalachia, South Africa, and Wales. He has authored or edited four books, including Appalachia Revisited: New Perspectives on Place, Tradition, and Progress.
Review Quotes:
Gone is the focus on the old Appalachia symbolized by coal camps and coal miners' strikes--although they are still highly important in the region. Alongside them, we see important glimpses of new populations, the newly emergent forms of Appalachian activism and engagement, and the new economies and environmental impacts that are reshaping twenty-first century Appalachia.
--Dwight Billings, professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky