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Informationen zum Autor Phillip Obermiller holds graduate degrees in philosophy from the Athenaeum of Ohio and in sociology from the Union Institute. His cross-national studies have been funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He has also held a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Advanced Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences from the Andrew A. Mellon Foundation. He currently holds joint appointments as a research associate at the Appalachian Center of the University of Kentucky and as a visiting scholar in the U.C. School of Planning. Obermiller's research has been published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Social Science Quarterly, Ethnic Groups, Social Insight, Urban Education, Appalachian Heritage, Now and Then, Pittsburgh History, the Appalachian Journal, and the Journal of Appalachian Studies. William Philliber, one of the founders and senior partners of Philliber Research & Evaluation, holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University and has more than forty years of experience in program design, development, and evaluation. He has written several dozen articles, and is the author or editor of six books including, The Invisible Minority: Urban Appalachians and Equal Partners: Successful Women in Marriage. Klappentext Between the 1940s and 1970s the mountains of Appalachia were viewed as a center for economic and employment opportunities. Over three million people chased the American dream to the mountains in search of a better life for themselves and their families. Unfortunately, about a third of these people were forced into a life of long-term underclass dwellers. Struggling with questions of identity, rootlessness, and cultural negation these people were given the name of "urban Appalachians." Published in 1987, Too Few Tomorrows addresses some of the pressing questions regarding urban Appalachians and their story of migration and early experiences in the mountains. Zusammenfassung Over three million people chased the American dream to the Appalachian mountains between the 1940s and 1970s, in search of a better life. Struggling with questions of identity, rootlessness, and cultural negation these people were given the name of “urban Appalachians”. Published in 1987, this book addresses some of the pressing questions regarding urban Appalachians and their story of migration....
