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.