From Mountain to Metropolis: Appalachian Migrants in American Cities

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This volume focuses on Appalachians as a case study of internal migration in developed countries. Since World War II, Appalachian miners have left the coal towns of their mountain region for the car towns of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Migrations have ebbed and flowed with economic expansion and recession. Some descendants who are several generations removed from the migration experience do not identify with their mountainous background, but many urban Appalachians have maintained their cultural ties to the region and its values. This collection of essays is the fourth in a series of studies of Appalachian society in relation to mainstream America. While earlier works have concentrated on the migration process, jobs, housing, and ethnic group formation in urban settings, this volume addresses the important issues of health, environment, and education in the urban Appalachian context. As such, it is the only resource available for educators and health and human service professionals involved with this social sector.

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.,."important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services."-Now & Then
...important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services.-Now & Then
An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth reading.-Appalachian Journal
This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries.-Journal of Social Science Research
This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging problems that have developed in American cities from the great internal migration northward of Appalachian people.-Appalachian Heritage
..."important reading for those who are interested in rural to urban migration, the legacy of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to social services."-Now & Then
"This book should be in urban and Appalachian libraries."-Journal of Social Science Research
"This welcome book is a social scientists' survey of the emerging problems that have developed in American cities from the great internal migration northward of Appalachian people."-Appalachian Heritage
"An informative and ambitious exploration of the status of Appalachians in the city....From Mountain to Metropolis provides the reader with glimpses of what Appalachian peoples' lives are like on the urban streets and the problems they must confront as they practice their culture within a sea of often unsympathetic neighbors...This is a book that is long overdue and well worth reading."-Appalachian Journal

Author Bio

KATHRYN M. BORMAN is Associate Dean in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. She has published numerous books on education, employment, women, and community development. PHILLIP J. OBERMILLER is an associate of the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky. He is co-editor of Too Few Tomorrows: Urban Appalachians in the 1980s (1987) and author of many journal articles on Appalachian themes.