An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972


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An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972 recounts the difficulties the state of West Virginia faced during the post-World War II period.

Author: Jerry B. Thomas
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 482
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781933202587
ISBN10: 1933202580
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,

About the Author

Jerry Bruce Thomas is Professor Emeritus of History at Shepherd University. He earned a BA in political science at West Virginia University and, after Peace Corps service in the Dominican Republic, an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the author of An Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia in the Great Depression, published in paperback March 2010 by WVU Press.