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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harry M Caudill |
| OCLC Number: | 171740 |
| Description: | 394 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The wilderness seed. Our disinherited forebears -- A harsh new land becomes home sweet home -- pt. 2. A land divided. The war -- The wars -- The things that are more excellent -- pt. 3. The coming of the coal men. Trees -- Coal -- The frontier a century after -- The alabaster cities -- The big bosses -- pt. 4. Boom and bust. The big boom -- Moonshine and mayhem -- The Great Depression -- The union drives -- The legacy of the thirties -- pt. 5. The second boom. From bust to boom again -- pt. 6. Waste and welfare. Darkening horizons -- The rise of the Welfare state -- pt. 7. The Purple Mountain majesties. The rape of the Appalachians -- The scene today -- The politics of decay -- pt. 8. The future. The case for a Southern Mountain Authority. |
| Responsibility: | With a foreword by Stewart L. Udall. |
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