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Appalachia : a history / John Alexander Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, John Alexander, 1938-2025, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Appalachian Region--History.
- Appalachian Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (494 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic and popular history, this is a chronicle of four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, it explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the images that have shaped perceptions of the region.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-437) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890875198
- 9780807860526
- 0807860522
- OCLC:
- 476237605
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