Appalachia
Subtitle: a history
By: John Alexander Williams.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Appalachian Region -- History
Description: "Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart.".

"Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian voices enlivens the analysis and reminds us of the importance of story telling in the ways the people of Appalachia define themselves and their region."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-437) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One The Roads to Qualla, 1540-1840 19; title: Chapter Two In the Ocean of Mountains, 1790-I870 83; title: Chapter Three Blood and Legends, 1860-1920 157; title: Chapter Four Standing the Times, 1880-1940 225; title: Chapter Five Crisis and Renewal, 1930-2000 309.