pt. 1.The early sixties: [1.] Recognition again: The lost Appalachians / Harry W. Ernst & Charles H. Drake -- In hazard / Dan Wakefield -- The latest rediscovery of Appalachia / Robert F. Munn -- [2.] Declarations of war & forecasts of victory: No more pork barrel: the Appalachia approach / Jerald Ter Horst -- How much better will the better world be? / Rupert B. Vance -- pt. 2. Between a rock & a hard place: [3.] The quality of life: hard times in God's country: Life in Appalachia -the case of Hugh McCaslin / Robert Coles -- Kennedy hears of need / T.N. Bethell, Pat Gish, & Tom Gish -- [4.] The politics of coal: East Kentucky coal makes profits for owners, not region / James C. Millstone -- Conspiracy in coal / T.N. Bethell -- The scandal of death & injury in the mines / Ben A. Franklin -- [5.] Environmental pillage: The logical thing, costwise / Calvin Trillin -- Hot time ahead / T.N. Bethell -- Strip mining in East Kentucky / David B. Brooks -- [6.] Migration: take it or leave it: A look at the 1970 census / James S. Brown -- The uptown story / Bill Montgomery -- The family behind the migrant / James S. Brown -- pt. 3. Lessons in fighting poverty: [7.] Organizing at the grassroots: A rope to jump, a well to dig / Thomas Parrish -- Fair elections in West Virginia / K.W. Lee -- On the outside lookin' in / Jeanne M. Rasmussen -- [8.] Local reactions: outside agitators, subversives, & other helping hands: Kentucky's coal beds of sedition / Paul Good -- A stranger with a camera / Calvin Trillin -- Catalyst of the black lung movement / K.W. Lee -- Romantic Appalachia / Don West -- pt. 4. Can we get there from here?: [9.] Education & youth: The school & politics / Peter Schrag -- The crisis of Appalachian youth / James Branscome -- [10.] Into the 1970s: A bold idea for a new Appalachia / John Fetterman -- Nationalizing our resources / Philip Young -- Jaded old land of bright new promise / Harry M. Caudill -- Toward a people's ARC / Robb Burlage.