Yesterday's People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia

Yesterday's People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia

• First Edition thus with a 1965 copyright date. Published by The University of Kentucky Press. Lexington, Kentucky.

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.