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Appalachia : a history

Author: John Alexander Williams
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart." "Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian  Read more...
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Williams, John Alexander, 1938-
Appalachia.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
(OCoLC)606758469
Online version:
Williams, John Alexander, 1938-
Appalachia.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
(OCoLC)609206342
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John Alexander Williams
ISBN: 0807826995 9780807826997 0807853682 9780807853689
OCLC Number: 48473833
Description: xviii, 473 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One The Roads to Qualla, 1540-1840 19 --
Chapter Two In the Ocean of Mountains, 1790-I870 83 --
Chapter Three Blood and Legends, 1860-1920 157 --
Chapter Four Standing the Times, 1880-1940 225 --
Chapter Five Crisis and Renewal, 1930-2000 309.
Responsibility: John Alexander Williams.
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"Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart." "Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian voices enlivens the analysis and reminds us of the importance of story telling in the ways the people of Appalachia define themselves and their region."--Jacket.

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