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There are many great books and publications that have been published on the subject of the culture and gender of the people who live in Appalachia. The following is a listing of books that have been recommended by CSEGA, our affiliates, and visitors to this site. If you would like to recommend something for the reading list, please send an email to csega@marshall.edu

African American Migration to Ansted, West Virginia. Author: Brucella Jordan Publisher:
Black Coal Miners in American, 1780-1980. (1987) Author: Ronald Lewis Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Blacks in Appalachia. (1985) Editors: William H. Turner and Edward J. Cabbell Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (2000) Author: Patricia Hill-Collins Publisher: Routledge. New York. 2nd ed.
"Blacks in West Virginia: A Critique of the Secondary Literature and a Survey of the Primary Sources." In West Virginia History: Critical Essays on the Literature. (1993) Editors: Ronald Lewis and John Hennen Publisher: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co.; and in Honoring Our Past: Proceedings of the First Two Conferences on West Virginia's Black History. (1991) Editors: Joe W. Trotter and Ancella Radford Bickley Publisher: Alliance for the Collection, Preservation, & Dissemination of West Virginia's Black History.
Coal, Class and Color: Blacks in Southern West Virginia 1915-32 (1990) Author: Joe Trotter Publisher: University of Illinois Press
"History Uncovers the Role of Appalachian Black Women." In Now and Then. 3:1, pp. 13-15. (Winter 1986) Author: Edward J. Cabbell
"LOST VOICES: Rediscovering the Contributions of African-American Women to West Virginia." Marshall University 1996 Summer Honors Class Click Here for full text of website.
Memphis Tennessee Garrsison: The Remarkable Story of a Black Appalachia Woman. (2001) Editors: Ancella R. Bickley and Lynda Ann Ewen Publisher: Ohio University Press http://www.ohio.edu/oupress/memphisgarrison.htm
"The Black South and White Appalachia." In Journal of American History. 66, pp. 832-49. Author: James C. Klotter

Appalachian On Our Mind: The Southern Mountains and Mountaineers in the American Consciousness. (1978) Author: Henry David Shapiro Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers. (1998) Editor: Joyce Dyer Publisher:
Fighting Back in Appalachia: Traditions of Resistance and Change. (1993) Editor: S.L. Fisher Publisher: Temple University Press
Hillbilly Land. Author: Jerry Williamson Publisher:
"Sustaining the Myth of the 'Black Underclass': Ignoring West Virginia." In West Virginia Sociological Review. 2:1. (Fall 1996) Author: Lynda Ann Ewen

Authorized to Heal: Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Central Appalachia, 1880-1930. (2000) Author: Sandra Lee Barney Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
"Disorderly Women: Gender and Labor Militancy in the Appalachian South." In Journal of American History. 73, pp. 354-382. (1968) Author: Jacqueline Dowd Hall Publisher:
Growing Up Creeker: Class and Gender in Rural Appalachia. Author: Linda DeRosier Publicist: Leila Saulsbury
"Will The Real Daisey Mae Please Stand Up?: A Methodological Essay on Gender Analysis in Appalachian Research." In Appalachian Journal. 21:2, pp. 136-150. Author: Sally Ward Maggard
"Images and Identities of Appalachian Women: Sorting Out the Impact of Class, Gender, and Cultural Heritage." In Down Home, Downtown: Urban Appalachians Today. Editor: Phillip J. Obermille, pp. 29-46. (1995) Author: Roberta Campbell Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

A History of Appalachia. (2001) Author: Richard D. Drake Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky http://www.kentucypress/books/apphistory.htm

A Southern Weave of Women: Fiction of the Contemporary South. Author: Linda Tate Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
Bliss. Author: Jeff Mann Publisher: Brick House Books
Human Landscapes. Author: Edwina Pendarvis Publisher: Bottom Dog Press
Re-Membering, Re-Weaving, Re-Visioning ‘Other’ Ways: Contemporary Women Writing in Appalachia. (1999) Authors: Shirley Lumpkin, Laura Tussey, Jan Adkins-Bills, Edwina Pendarvis Publisher: The Drinko Academy (book) Marshall University & The Drinko Academy (cd-rom)
Saga of Coe Ridge and Don’t Go Up Kettle Creek. Author: Lynwood Montell
Seeking The Corn-Mother's Wisdom (1993) Author: Marilou Awiakta Publisher: Fulcrum Publishers
Storming Heaven and The Unquiet Earth (1992) Author: Denise Giardina Publisher:W.W. Norton
"Wild Sweet Notes: Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950 - 1999." Editors: Kirk Judd and Barbara Smith Publisher: Publishers Place

Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835. (1998) Author: Theda Perdue Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Constructing, Fragmenting, and Reconstructing Identity: The Struggle of Appalachian Women Attempting To Reconnect To Their Native American Heritage. Unpublished Thesis (2001) Author: Linda Burcham Trollinger Publisher: Will be available online soon.
"The Reawakening of the Cherokee." In Appalachian Journal. 2:4, pp. 276 -279. (Summer 1975)

Appalachian Women: An Annotated Bibliography. (1981) Author: Sidney S. Farr Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Dignity: Lower Class Women tell of their Lives and Struggles. (1985) Author: F.L. Buss Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Hillbilly Women: Mountain Women Speak of Stuggle and Joy in Southern Appalachia. (1972) Author: Kathy Kahn Publisher: Doubleday and Co.
Missing Chapters II: West Virginia Women in History. (1986) Editor: Frances Hensley Publisher: West Virginia Women's Co
Social Reality of a Group of Rural, Low-Status, Appalachian Women: A Grounded Theory Study, Children of Poverty Series. (1993) Author: Judith I. Fiene Publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc.
"Walk-ons in the Third Act: The Role of Women in Appalachian Historiography." In Journal of Appalachian Studies. 4, pp. 5-28. (1998) Author: Barbara Ellen Smith Publisher:
"The Status of Women's History Research in West Virginia." In West Virginia History: Critical Essays on the Literature. (1991) Author: Barb Howe Publisher: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co.
Women, Development, and Communities for Empowerment in Appalachia. (1995) Author: V. Seitz Publisher:

Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes: Back Talk from an American Region. (1999) Editor: Dwight B. Billings et al. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/UniversityPress/books/confront.html
Revisiting Buffalo Creek and Everything In Its Path: Deconstructing An Outsider's Stereotypes. Authors: Lynda Ann Ewen and Julie Lewis Reprinted with permission from Appalachian Journal, Vol. 27 No. 1 (Fall 1999). Copyright Appalachian State University. All rights reserved. Click Here for full text of article.

Appalachia in the Making: The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century. (1995) Editors: Mary Beth Pudup, Dwight B. Billings, & Altina L. Waller Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Appalachian Odessey: Historical Perspectives on the Great Migration. (2000) Editors: Phillip J. Obermiller, Thomas E. Wagner, and Bruce Tucker Publisher: Praeger
Our Appalachia. (1971) Editors: Laurel Shackleford & Bill Weinburg Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
"Preindustrial Jackson County and Economic Development." In Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association. 2, pp. 1-10. Author: Gordon McKinney
The First American Frontier: Transition to Capitalism in Southern Appalachia, 1700-1860. (1996) Author: Wilma Dunnaway Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
The Livelihood of Kin: Making Ends Meet the Kentucky Way. (1990) Author: R. Halperin Publisher: University of Texas Press
Which Side Are You On? The Brookside Mine Strike in Harlan County, Kentucky 1973-1974. (1979) Author: Lynda Ann Ewen Publisher: Vanguard Press
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