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Reformers to Radicals
Thomas Kiffmeyer
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Description for Reformers to Radicals
The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the south-eastern United States. This book illustrates how the activists failed because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTB; JFFA; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States. In Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty, Thomas Kiffmeyer illustrates how the activists ultimately failed, mainly because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. The AVs, many of them college students, were also distracted by causes not directly connected with the war on poverty, such as civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War. Despite some progress, the organization finally lost ... Read more
The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the southeastern United States. In Reformers to Radicals: The Appalachian Volunteers and the War on Poverty, Thomas Kiffmeyer illustrates how the activists ultimately failed, mainly because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. The AVs, many of them college students, were also distracted by causes not directly connected with the war on poverty, such as civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War. Despite some progress, the organization finally lost ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813125091
SKU
V9780813125091
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About Thomas Kiffmeyer
Thomas Kiffmeyer is associate professor of history at Morehead State University.
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