Author: Josiah Henry CombsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachians (People)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Kentucky Highlanders from a Native Mountaineer's Viewpoint
Author: Josiah Henry CombsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachians (People)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Kentucky Highlanders, from a Native Mountaineer's Viewpoint
Author: Josiah Henry CombsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780598385949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Kentucky Highlanders From a Native Mountaineer's Viewpoint
Author: Josiah Henry CombsPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376480474
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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The Kentucky Highlanders
Author: Josiah Henry CombsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331974000
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Excerpt from The Kentucky Highlanders: From a Native Mountaineer's Viewpoint taught the English people how to slay a king and build a commonwealth, and, driven into exile into the wilderness of America, led our Revolution, peopled the hills of the South, and conquered the West. "The breed to which the Southern white man belongs has conquered every foot of soil on this earth their feet have pressed, for a thousand years. A handful of them hold in subjection three hundred millions in India. Place a dozen of them in the heart of Africa, and they will rule the continent unless you kill them." These words from the pen of Thomas Dixon, Jr., in "The Clansman," may be somewhat overdrawn and farfetched. They are quoted here, however, because the Kentucky mountaineers are of that breed which is spoken of as "peopling the hills and conquering the West." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Blacks in Appalachia
Author: William H. TurnerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813181526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in fact almost exclusively black settlements. The selected readings in this new book offer the first comprehensive presentation of the black experience in Appalachia. Organized topically, the selections deal with the early history of blacks in the region, with studies of the black communities, with relations between blacks and whites, with blacks in coal mining, and with political issues. Also included are a section on oral accounts of black experiences and an analysis of black Appalachian demography. The contributors range from Carter Woodson and W. E. B. Du Bois to more recent scholars such as Theda Perdue and David A. Corbin. An introduction by the editors provides an overall context for the selections. Blacks in Appalachia focuses needed attention on a neglected area of Appalachian studies. It will be a valuable resource for students of Appalachia and of black history.
References on the Mountaineers of the Southern Appalachians
Author: Everett Eugene EdwardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The Southern Highlander and His Homeland
Author: John Charles CampbellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
" In 1908 John C. Campbell was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct a survey of conditions in Appalachia and the aid work being done in these areas to create "the central repository of data concerning conditions in the mountains to which workers in the field might turn." Originally published in 1921, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland details Campbell's experiences and findings during his travels in the region, observing unique aspects of mountain communities such as their religion, family life, and forms of entertainment. Campbell's landmark work paved the way for folk schools, agricultural cooperatives, handicraft guilds, the frontier nursing service, better roads, and a sense of pride in mountain life -- the very roots of Appalachian preservation.
Hillbilly
Author: Anthony HarkinsPublisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0195189507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This text argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises - has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life.
All That Is Native and Fine
Author: David E. WhisnantPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469649381
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
In the American imagination, "Appalachia" designates more than a geographical region. It evokes fiddle tunes, patchwork quilts, split-rail fences, and all the other artifacts that decorate a cherished romantic region in the American mind. In this classic work, David Whisnant challenges this view of Appalachia (and consequently a broader imaginative tendency) by exploring connections between the comforting simplicity of cultural myth and the troublesome complexities of cultural history. Looking at the work of ballad hunters and collectors, folk and settlement school founders, folk festival promoters, and other culture workers, Whisnant examines a process of intentional and systematic cultural intervention that had--and still has--far-reaching consequences. He opens the way into a more sophisticated understanding of the politics of culture in Appalachia and other regions. In a new foreword for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Whisnant reflects on how he came to write this book, how readers responded to it, and how some of its central concerns have animated his later work.
Bibliographical Contributions
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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