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Overall, this book offers a provocative reexamination of Appalachia and place. -- Choice

Gathering previous talks, panels, and parts of larger projects, Billings and Kingsolver weave them together in a way that urges the reader to make new connections between familiar yet often distant texts... [and] highlight tensions within the field of Appalachian studies, particularly tensions rooted in the diverse political, economic, and epistemological paradigms. -- Jordan Laney, Journal of Southern History Overall, this book offers a provocative reexamination of Appalachia and place. -- Choice

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Dwight B. Billings is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Kentucky. He is a past president of the Appalachian Studies Association, a recent editor of the Journal of Appalachian Studies, and the author or editor of several books. Ann E. Kingsolver is professor of anthropology and past director of the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. She is the author or editor of seven books, including Tobacco Town Futures: Global Encounters in Rural Kentucky.

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