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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
Elizabeth Catte
2018
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Pure America
: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia
Elizabeth Catte
2021
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Who’s to Blame for White Poverty?
Dismantling it requires getting the story right.
by
Elizabeth Catte
via
Boston Review
on
September 5, 2024
'Pure America': Eugenics Past and Present
Historian Elizabeth Catte traces the history and influence of eugenics from her backyard across the country.
by
Elizabeth Catte
,
Adam Willems
via
Scalawag
on
March 2, 2021
Good Bones
What is a small, historically-minded community meant to do with something like Western State Hospital?
by
Elizabeth Catte
via
Popula
on
September 25, 2018
Appalachia Isn’t Trump Country
A region that outsiders love to imagine but can’t seem to understand.
by
Elizabeth Catte
,
Regan Penaluna
via
Guernica
on
March 7, 2018
The Mythical Whiteness of Trump Country
"Hillbilly Elegy" has been used to explain the 2016 election, but its logic is rooted in a dangerous myth about race in Appalachia.
by
Elizabeth Catte
via
Boston Review
on
November 7, 2017