Lost in Transition : Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Aaron D.

Series:

Voices of the Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachian Region.

Federal government.

Southern Appalachian Region.

Genre:

History

Case studies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Volume editor Aaron D. Purcell presents this thematic and chronological exploration of twentieth-century removal and resettlement projects across southern Appalachia. The work's seven case studies, addressing public land removal actions in Virginia, Kentucky, the Carolinas, and Tennessee from the 1930s through the 1960s, reveal confrontations between past and present, federal agencies and citizens, and original accounts and contemporary interpretations. The result is a critical analysis of fact, mythology, and storytelling that illustrates the important role of place in southern Appalachian history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The permanent enjoyment of the past / Aaron D. Purcell

Loss, betrayal, and the power of stories: healing lost communities in the Great Smoky Mountains / Margaret Lynn Brown

At the bottom of the Loyston Sea: the Tennessee Valley Authority and loss in the Norris Basin / Aaron D. Purcell

The gift of good land: loss, resettlement, and stewardship through everyday nature in the Shenandoah National Park and on the New River / Katrina M. Powell and Savannah Paige Murray

Contested sacrifice: loss and the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park / Alyssa D. Warrick

Layers of loss: removal, segregation, and reconversion at Oak Ridge, Tennessee / Russell Olwell

When minds wander back: memory and loss on the road to nowhere / Matthew Chisholm

Any who see the valley would regret its loss forever: the Keowee-Toxaway Project, Duke Power, and loss in northwestern South Carolina / Austin Gregory

Can you go home again? The meanings of Appalachian identity, displacement, and memory / Stephen Wallace Taylor.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781621905905

162190590X

9781621905912

1621905918

OCLC:

1260691863