Yesterday's people : life in contemporary Appalachia, with a new preface by the author

The distinctive way of life of the Southern Appalachian people has often been criticized, romanticized or derided, but rarely has it been understood. Yesterday's People, the fruit of many years' labor in the mountains, reveals the fears, anxieties, and hopes that underlie the mountaineers' way of thinking and acting, and thereby shape their relationships in family and community. First published in 1965, this book has been an indispensable guide for all who seek to study, work or live within the Appalachian culture. This is a book that reveals the fears, anxieties, and hopes that underlie the mountaineers' way of thinking and acting, and thereby shape their relationships in family and community. A mountain pastor "characterizes the personality, social relations, economic position, and possible future of the southern mountaineers among whom he has worked for 13 years." IT was thirteen years ago that I first came to Southern Appalachia, to a coal-mining area in the mountains of West Virginia. Weller explores aspects of mountain life such as culture, society, community, church, and family By Jack E. Weller. Bibliographical Footnotes. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.