Often thought of as impoverished, backward, and victimized, the people of the southern mountains have long been prime candidates for development projects conceptualized and controlled from outside the
Assembles fifteen essays by a multidisciplinary set of scholars and professionals to argue for the development of a cultural model of practice based on respect for local Appalachia knowledge, the valu
This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers an
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