Description
Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of development and of the growth of material production, consumption,
Author: Ronald D. Eller
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/01/2013
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780813142463
ISBN10: 0813142466
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
- Political Science | Public Policy | Regional Planning
Author: Ronald D. Eller
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/01/2013
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780813142463
ISBN10: 0813142466
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
- Political Science | Public Policy | Regional Planning
About the Author
Ronald D Eller is former director of the Appalachian Center and professor of history at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880--1930.