This book is a tour-de-force created by three dynamic women who represent different backgrounds but a common commitment to the kind of local economic development that has a spiritual and democratic dimension. Helen Lewis is an iconic regional scholar/activist for whom the Appalachian Studies Conference has named its regional service award. Maxine Waller is a local grass-roots leader in Ivanhoe, Virginia, the focus of this book, and Mary Ann Hinsdale is a professor of religious studies.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995 - 400 pages with an index, photos, appendices, and notes.