Elites & change in the Kentucky mountains / H. Dudley Plunkett, Mary Jean Bowman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plunkett, Dudley, author.

Bowman, Mary Jean, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Kentucky.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social change.

Kentucky--Social conditions.

Kentucky.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Elites and change in the Kentucky mountains

Place of Publication:

Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many Americans who trace their roots to communities similar to those of Appalachian Kentucky are becoming aware of the extent to which the problems of such communities represent the price paid for keeping alive traditions that are beginning to be missed in the wider society. Using fresh data and ingenious ways of letting local people speak for themselves, Mary Jean Bowman and H. Dudley Plunkett have thrown light on how isolated, small-town people respond to the encroachment of modern America, with its organized economy, mass communications media, reliance on more and more schooling, and persis

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Modernization: A Case Study; Concerning Modernization; The Kentucky Mountains; Theories of Communication in Modernization; 2 The Interstitial Persons; The Study Sample; Content of the Inquiry; Background Characteristics of the Elites; Summary; 3 The Social Mobilization of Mountain Elites; Social Exposure; The Elites & the Socialization of Youth; Political & Civic Participation; The Overall Participation Matrix; Summary; 4 Attitudes toward Tradition & Change; Mountain Culture & the Outsider; Prospects & Policies for Modernization

5 Mountain Elites: Resources for Modernization? The Components Analysis & Attitude Clusters; Attitude Patterns among Mountain Elites; Social Mobilization & Attitude Patterns; Profiles & Prospects; 6 The Market of Ideas; The Mountain Scene; Strategies for Change in the Mountains; 7 The Social Dynamics of Modernization: The Appalachian Kentucky Case; Appalachian Kentucky: The Problem of Modernization; The Schools & the Cultural-Bridge Function; Communication & Social Mobilization; Tables; Appendix A: The ESLS Questionnaire; Appendix B: The TC Questionnaire

Appendix C: Attitude Factor Scores & Their Correlates The Methodology; Regression Results & Their Interpretation: The Example of Factor 3; Analyses of Regressions for Other Factors; Summary Remarks; Glossary of Independent Variables Used in the Regressions; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6524-5

OCLC:

826438970