Too Few Tomorrows Urban Appalachians in the 1980's

• Other Authors: Philliber, William W. (Editor), Obermiller, Phillip J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Appalachian State University 1987
• Subjects: History of the Americas; History; United States; State & Local; South (al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv)
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Between the 1940s and 1970s, approxiately three million people left the Appalachian mountains in search of jobs in Midwest urban areas, such as Cincinnati, Chicago, and Detroit. Unfortunately, about a third of these people were forced into a life of long-term underclass dwellers. Struggling with que...