Studying Appalachian Studies: Making the Path by Walking

In This Collection, Contributors Reflect On The Scholarly, Artistic, Activist, Educational, And Practical Endeavor Known As Appalachian Studies. The Writers Discuss How Appalachian Studies Illustrates The Ways Interdisciplinary Studies Emerge, Organize, And Institutionalize Themselves, And How They Engage With Intellectual, Political, And Economic Forces Both Locally And Around The World--page [4] Of Cover. Making Appalachia : Interdisciplinary Fields And Appalachian Studies / Shaunna L. Scott, Phillip J. Obermiller, And Chad Berry -- Representing Appalachia : The Impossible Necessity Of Appalachian Studies / Barbara Ellen Smith -- Writing Appalachia : Intersections, Missed Connections, And Future Work / Chris Green And Erica Abrams Locklear -- Fixing Appalachia : A Century Of Community Development In A Depressed Area / Donald Edward Davis And Chris Baker -- Developing Appalachia : The Impact Of Limited Economic Imagination / Amanda L. Fickey And Michael Samers -- Studying Appalachia : Critical Reflections / Phillip J. Obermiller And Shaunna L. Scott -- Imagining Appalachia : Three Landscapes / Douglas Reichert Powell -- Reconsidering Appalachian Studies / Shaunna L. Scott, Phillip J. Obermiller, And Chad Berry. Edited By Chad Berry, Phillip J. Obermiller, And Shaunna L. Scott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.