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Mason, Carol.

Reading Appalachia from Left to Right : Conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County Textbook Controversy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (254 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Reading Appalachia -- Soul on Appalachian Ice -- A Modern American Confl ict -- True Sons of Appalachia -- Sweet Alice and Secular Humanism -- Reproducing the Souls of White Folk -- The Right Soul -- Writing Appalachia -- Keywords -- Notes -- Sources and Selected Bibliography -- Index.

In Reading Appalachia from Left to Right, Carol Mason examines the legacies of a pivotal 1974 curriculum dispute in West Virginia that heralded the rightward shift in American culture and politics.

ISBN: 9780801459856

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Textbooks -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
Multicultural education -- Curricula -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
Language arts -- Curricula -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
Culture conflict -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
Ethnic conflict -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.
Community and school -- West Virginia -- Kanawha County.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LB3047.5.W4 -- M37 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 379.1/560975437