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Engaging Appalachia : a guidebook for building capacity and sustainability

Title
Engaging Appalachia : a guidebook for building capacity and sustainability / edited by Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Rebecca-Eli Long, and William R. Schumann.
Publication
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, [2023]

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Additional Authors
  • Fletcher, Rebecca Adkins
  • Long, Rebecca-Eli
  • Schumann, William R.
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Description
1 online resource.
Series Statement
Place matters: New directions in Appalachian studies
Uniform Title
Place matters (Series) (Lexington, Ky.)
Subject
  • Community development > Appalachian Region
  • Sustainable development > Appalachian Region
  • Social change > Appalachian Region
Note
  • Includes index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 17, 2023).
Contents
  • Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Collaborating toward sustainability -- 1. Saving Appalachian Gardens and Stories: Growing community and sustainability through seeds and art -- 2. Bringing Back the Forest: University outreach, community engagement, and partnerships for the reforestation of coal mines in Appalachia -- 3. Wealth and Poverty in the Little Cities of Black Diamonds: Navigating community-university partnership in Southeast Ohio
  • 4. Collaborating for Conservation: Monitoring the hemlock woolly adelgid in the Allegheny National Forest -- 5. Documenting the Past to Sustain the Future: Appalachian Teaching Project in Unicoi County, Tennessee -- 6. Roots with Wings: Oral history project in Floyd County, Virginia -- 7. Breaking the Chains of Addiction through University, Nonprofit and Community Partnerships: The story of Pollen8 -- 8. Students Leading the Way to Social Change: Engaging students in applied sociological research in Eastern Kentucky
  • 9. Town and Gown Collaborations in Southwest Virginia Post-Coal Communities: Clinch River Valley Initiative and Radford University economic diversification efforts -- 10. GIS Mapping of Legacy Oil and Gas Wells -- 11. Appalachia Abroad: Reflections on long-term engagement and student training in South Wales -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Community-based research in Appalachia -- Contributors -- Index -- Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies
ISBN
  • 9780813196954
  • 0813196957
  • 9780813196961
  • 0813196965
OCLC
om2944439499
Title
Engaging Appalachia : a guidebook for building capacity and sustainability / edited by Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Rebecca-Eli Long, and William R. Schumann.
Publisher
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Place matters: New directions in Appalachian studies
Place matters (Series) (Lexington, Ky.)
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
Fletcher, Rebecca Adkins, editor.
Long, Rebecca-Eli, editor.
Schumann, William R., editor.
EBSCOhost
LCCN
2022043914
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