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Author

Mason, Carol, 1964-

Title Reading Appalachia from left to right : conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy / Carol Mason.

Imprint

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	379.1560975 M388r 2009	---	Available

Description	ix, 242 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue : reading Appalachia -- Introduction : soul on Appalachian ice -- A modern American conflict -- True sons of Appalachia -- Sweet Alice and secular humanism -- Reproducing the souls of white folk -- The right soul -- Epilogue : writing Appalachia.
Subject	Textbooks -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
	Multicultural education -- Curricula -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
	Language arts -- Curricula -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
	Culture conflict -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
	Ethnic conflict -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
	Community and school -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
ISBN	9780801475818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0801475813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780801447280 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0801447283 (cloth : alk. paper)