High Mountains Rising Appalachia in Time and Place

Name: High Mountains Rising Appalachia in Time and Place
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ISBN: 9780252071768

ISBN-10: 025207176X

ISBN-13: 9780252071768

Edition: 2004

Authors: Richard A. Straw, H. Tyler Blethen, David C. Hsiung, Michael Montgomery, Ted Olson

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This collection is the first comprehensive, cohesive volume to unite Appalachian history with its culture. Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen's High Mountains Rising provides a clear, systematic, and engaging overview of the Appalachian timeline, its people, and the most significant aspects of life in the region. The first half of the fourteen essays deal with historical issues including Native Americans, pioneer settlement, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, the Great Depression, migration, and finally, modernization. The remaining essays take a more cultural focus, addressing stereotypes, music, folklife, language, literature, and religion. Bringing together…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 5/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Native Americans




Pioneer Settlement




Slavery and African Americans in the Nineteenth Century




The Civil War and Reconstruction




Industrialization




The Great Depression




Migration




Stereotypes




Music




Folklife




English Language




Literature




Religion




Modernization, 1940-2000



Suggested Readings


Contributors


Index