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Author |
: John E. Benhart |
Publisher |
: Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1572335629 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781572335622 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Appalachian Aspirations by : John E. Benhart
In the fall of 1865, two Union officers stationed in East Tennessee during the Civil War - Hiram Chamberlain and John Wilder -- decided to stay in the South to pursue business careers. They recognized potential in the "untapped" resources they had seen during military operations in this part of the state. Within the space of four years, Chamberlain and Wilder had recruited business partners, built an operating iron furnace in the Upper Tennessee River Valley (the Roane Iron Company), and established a company town at Rockwood, Tennessee. Twenty years later, in some parts of Appalachia, new planned towns were being established by land companies that wanted to develop model industrial real estate ventures. In the Upper Tennessee River Valley, these new towns - Cardiff, Harriman, and Lenoir City, Tennessee - were planned to be the quintessential places for industrial production and urban living as they were characterized by urban/sanitary reform ideals, temperance tenets, and distinctive urban landscapes. In Appalachian Aspirations, John Benhart presents the story of the evolution of capitalism and regional development in the Upper Tennessee River Valley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Author |
: Cicero M Fain III |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2019-05-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252051432 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252051432 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Huntington by : Cicero M Fain III
How African Americans thrived in a West Virginia city By 1930, Huntington had become West Virginia's largest city. Its booming economy and relatively tolerant racial climate attracted African Americans from across Appalachia and the South. Prosperity gave these migrants political clout and spurred the formation of communities that defined black Huntington--factors that empowered blacks to confront institutionalized and industrial racism on the one hand and the white embrace of Jim Crow on the other. Cicero M. Fain III illuminates the unique cultural identity and dynamic sense of accomplishment and purpose that transformed African American life in Huntington. Using interviews and untapped archival materials, Fain details the rise and consolidation of the black working class as it pursued, then fulfilled, its aspirations. He also reveals how African Americans developed a host of strategies--strong kin and social networks, institutional development, property ownership, and legal challenges--to defend their gains in the face of the white status quo. Eye-opening and eloquent, Black Huntington makes visible another facet of the African American experience in Appalachia.
Author |
: Wilson Somerville |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X000274433 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Appalachia/America by : Wilson Somerville
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: |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: PURD:32754076458946 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Author |
: Appalachian Regional Commission |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 1979 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435014906457 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Report to Congress on the Continuation of the Appalachian Regional Commission by : Appalachian Regional Commission
Author |
: David Miller |
Publisher |
: Wingspan Press |
Total Pages |
: 236 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781595940568 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1595940561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Awol on the Appalachian Trail by : David Miller
A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his hike from Georgia to Maine, bringing to the reader the life of the towns and the people he meets along the way.
Author |
: Todd Snyder |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2014-07-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786478026 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786478020 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity by : Todd Snyder
In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class Appalachian learners are explored. The objectives are to highlight the cultural obstacles that impact the intellectual development of such students and to address how these cultural roadblocks make transitioning into college difficult. Throughout the book, the author draws upon his personal experiences as a first-generation college student from a small coalmining town in rural West Virginia. Both scholarly and personal, the book blends critical theory, ethnographic research, and personal narrative to demonstrate how family work histories and community expectations both shape and limit the academic goals of potential Appalachian college students.
Author |
: Maury Nicely |
Publisher |
: Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages |
: 550 |
Release |
: 2023-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781621908005 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1621908003 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Forging a New South by : Maury Nicely
"John T. Wilder was an entrepreneur, Civil War general, and business leader who would become influential in the development of post-Civil War Chattanooga. A northern transplant who made his early fortune in the iron industry, Wilder would gain notoriety in the Western Theater through his victories at the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and throughout the Tullahoma and Atlanta Campaigns while leading the famous "Lightning Brigade." After the Civil War, he relocated to Chattanooga and began the Roane Iron Company and fostered southern ironworks throughout the southeast. He was elected mayor of Chattanooga but would fail to be elected to Congress as its representative. Finally, he was instrumental in the establishment of national military parks in Chattanooga and Chickamauga. Nicely's biography captures the life of a man important to the overall development of Chattanooga and East Tennessee and argues that Wilder was influential in bringing both northern and immigrant populations to the area"--
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: |
Total Pages |
: 44 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCR:31210023566654 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Drug Abuse Patterns Among Young Polydrug Users and Urban Appalachian Youths by :
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 936 |
Release |
: 1976 |
ISBN-10 |
: LOC:0018581497A |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7A Downloads) |
Synopsis Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill, 1977 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works