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Appalachians all : East Tennesseans and the elusive history of an American region / Mark T. Banker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banker, Mark T., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Appalachians (People)--Tennessee, East--Ethnic identity.
- Appalachians (People).
- Appalachians (People)--Tennessee, East--History.
- Tennessee, East--History.
- Tennessee, East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A singular achievement. Mark Banker reveals an almost paradoxical Appalachia that trumps all the stereotypes. Interweaving his family history with the region's latest scholarship, Banker uncovers deep psychological and economic interconnections between East Tennessee's 'three Appalachias'-its tourist-laden Smokies, its urbanized Valley, and its strip-mined Plateau."-Paul Salstrom, author of Appalachia's Path to Dependency""Banker weaves a story of Appalachia that is at once a national and regional history, a family saga, and a personal odyssey. This book reads like a conv
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Before there was an Appalachia, 1750-1880
- pt. 2. Appalachia discovered: insights from East Tennessee, 1870-1930
- pt. 3. Appalachia, East Tennessee, and modern America, 1920-2006.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613267504
- 9781283267502
- 1283267500
- 9781572337725
- 1572337729
- OCLC:
- 731646834
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