Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Foreword to the 1999 Edition xiii
5. Preface to the 1999 Edition xvii
6. Preface and Acknowledgments for the 2014 Edition xxi
7. People Profiled xxiii
8. Chapter One. Blackwell: Rigid Classes and Corrupt Politics in Appalachia’s Coal Fields 1
9. Chapter Two. Dahlia: Racial Segregation and Planter Control in the Mississippi Delta 89
10. Chapter Three. Gray Mountain: Equality and Civic Involvement in Northern New England 188
11. Chapter Four. Social Change and Social Policy 233
12. Appendix 265
13. Notes 289
14. Acknowledgments for the 1999 Edition 297
15. Index 299