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Rural life and culture in the Upper Cumberland / edited by Michael E. Birdwell and W. Calvin Dickinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Country life--Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.).
- Country life.
- Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)--Civilization.
- Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.).
- Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)--History.
- Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tennessee History Book Award Finalist The Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, has a far richer history and culture than has been documented. The contributors to Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland discuss an extensive array of subjects, including popular music, movies, architecture, folklore, religion, and literature. Seventeen original essays by prominent scholars such as Lynwood Montell, Charles Wolfe, Allison Ensor, and Jeannette Keith uncover fascinating stories and personalities as they e
- Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Minerals, Moonshine, and Misanthropes; 2. Sheltering the People; 3. Saints, Sinners, and Dinners on the Grounds; 4. Ashes to Ashes; 5. ""Fevers Ran High""; 6. Slavery, Freedom, and Citizenship; 7. ""That's Not the Way I Heard It""; 8. ""Now, There's a Story""; 9. Gobble Like a Turkey; 10. Good Times; 11. A Brave New Deal World; 12. Radical Hillbillies; 13. Somewhere in Tennessee; 14. Made on the Mountain; 15. ""Old Cumberland Land""; 16. Lights, Camera, Action!; 17. ""Bring Your Own Towel""; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-9331-1
- 1-283-23293-6
- 9786613232939
- 0-8131-7189-X
- OCLC:
- 67619304
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