Umfang:
Online-Ressource (410 p)
ISBN:
9780813101842
Inhalt:
Many books have been written about Appalachia, but few have voiced its concerns with the warmth and directness of this one. From hundreds of interviews gathered by the Appalachian Oral History Project, editors Laurel Shackelford and Bill Weinberg have woven a rich verbal tapestry that portrays the people and the region in all their variety.The words on the page have the ring of truth, for these are the people of Appalachia speaking for themselves. Here they recollect an earlier time of isolation but of independence and neighborliness. For a nearer time they tell of the great changes that took
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part One: A Simpler Time; 1 God, Badmen, and Schoolmarms; 2 Hearthstones and Homelife; 3 Working; Part Two: A Culture under Attack; 4 Outside Influences; 5 From Farms and Hollows to Camp Towns; 6 A People's Response; 7 The Cruel Choice; Part Three: Digging In; 8 ""We're Not Playing Catch Up""; The Narrators; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813158242
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813101842
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Our Appalachia : An Oral History
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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