History of Appalachia

Name: History of Appalachia
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ISBN: 9780813190600

ISBN-10: 0813190606

ISBN-13: 9780813190600

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard B. Drake

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For more than twenty years historians have expressed the critical need for a single-volume history of Appalachia. Responding to this demand, Richard Drake has skillfully and confidently woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. The land has always shaped its people. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land-grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. More recently, the corporate exploitation of natural resources has brought financial disaster to many mountain…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English