Author: Marjorie Crandall
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Confederate Imprints: Unofficial publications. (Vol. 2, pt. 3, Sheet music, compiled by Richard B. Harwell)
Author: Marjorie Crandall
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Confederate Imprints
Author: Marjorie Lyle Crandall
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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North Carolina and Its Resources
Author: North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War
Author: George W. Hahn
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Category : Catawba County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : Catawba County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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A History of Appalachia
Author: Richard B. Drake
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country, and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil, gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time, radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about the region's rural character.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care, the environment, higher education, the role of blacks and women, and much more, Drake offers a compelling social history of a unique American region. The Appalachian region, extending from Alabama in the South up to the Allegheny highlands of Pennsylvania, has historically been characterized by its largely rural populations, rich natural resources that have fueled industry in other parts of the country, and the strong and wild, undeveloped land. The rugged geography of the region allowed Native American societies, especially the Cherokee, to flourish. Early white settlers tended to favor a self-sufficient approach to farming, contrary to the land grabbing and plantation building going on elsewhere in the South. The growth of a market economy and competition from other agricultural areas of the country sparked an economic decline of the region's rural population at least as early as 1830. The Civil War and the sometimes hostile legislation of Reconstruction made life even more difficult for rural Appalachians. Recent history of the region is marked by the corporate exploitation of resources. Regional oil, gas, and coal had attracted some industry even before the Civil War, but the postwar years saw an immense expansion of American industry, nearly all of which relied heavily on Appalachian fossil fuels, particularly coal. What was initially a boon to the region eventually brought financial disaster to many mountain people as unsafe working conditions and strip mining ravaged the land and its inhabitants. A History of Appalachia also examines pockets of urbanization in Appalachia. Chemical, textile, and other industries have encouraged the development of urban areas. At the same time, radio, television, and the internet provide residents direct links to cultures from all over the world. The author looks at the process of urbanization as it belies commonly held notions about the region's rural character.
History of the Genesee Country (Western New York)
Author: Lockwood Richard Doty
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Category : Genesee region, New York
Languages : en
Pages : 651
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Category : Genesee region, New York
Languages : en
Pages : 651
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The History of Mecklenburg County
Author: John Brevard Alexander
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Category : Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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The Presbyterian Church in Iowa, 1837-1900
Author: Joseph Welton Hubbard
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The Chronicles of Baltimore
Author: John Thomas Scharf
Publisher: Baltimore : Turnbull Bros.
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Publisher: Baltimore : Turnbull Bros.
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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History of the Presbyterian Churches of the World, Adapted for Use in the Class Room
Author: Richard Clark Reed
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Category : Presbyterian Church
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Presbyterian Church
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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