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Seekers of Scenery: Travel Writing from Southern Appalachia, 1840–1900
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Agricultural History (2007) 81 (1): 148–150.
Published: 01 January 2007
... towardnatureand regionaland ethnicidentities"(3). Indeed, his introductiongoes to greatlengthsto recountIndianremoval,the rise of marketeconomiesand monopolies,themiddle-and upper-classaestheticizationofnature,andthepervasivemythofthemountaineerH. e revealsan Appalachia thatwas invented,celebrated,made...
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To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Mining in Appalachia
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Agricultural History (2006) 80 (1): 118–120.
Published: 01 January 2006
...Robert Weise To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Mining in Appalachia . Chad Montrie . Copyright 2006 Agricultural History Society 2006 118 / Agricultural History Wittliff arranges the photographs of this personal homage to those who provided him with what...
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Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia
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Agricultural History (2011) 85 (2): 276–278.
Published: 01 April 2011
...Sarah T. Phillips Managing the Mountains: Land Use Planning, the New Deal, and the Creation of a Federal Landscape in Appalachia . By Sara M. Gregg . New Haven : Yale University Press , 2010 . 304 pp., $40.00 , hardback, ISBN 978-0-300-14219-8 . © the Agricultural History Society...
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Soils as Archives: Cultivating an Integrative Pedagogy for Soil History and Place-Based Education in Appalachia
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Agricultural History (2023) 97 (4): 649–655.
Published: 01 November 2023
... of microbes, students can hopefully learn more about the profound relationships between land and people in Appalachia. figure 1. Warning of contaminated soil. Blue Ridge Parkway, Watauga County, North Carolina. Author's photo, 2017. Figure 1. Warning of contaminated soil. Blue Ridge Parkway...
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Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
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Agricultural History (2024) 98 (3): 504–506.
Published: 01 August 2024
...Erica Hannickel [email protected] Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia . By Luke Manget . Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 2022 . 304 pp., $27.95 , hardcover, ISBN 9780813183817 . Copyright © 2024 the Agricultural History...
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A History of Appalachia
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Agricultural History (2002) 76 (1): 115–116.
Published: 01 January 2002
...John Hennen A History of Appalachia . Richard B. Drake . Copyright 2002 Agricultural History Society 2002 Book Reviews / 115 A History of Appalachia. By Richard B. Drake. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. 318 pp., $29.95, hardback, ISBN 0-8131-2169-8. Richard Drake...
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The Tennessee–Virginia Tri–Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia, 1900–1950
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Agricultural History (2008) 82 (1): 118–120.
Published: 01 January 2008
...Gabrielle M. Lanier The Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia, 1900-1950 . Tom Lee . Copyright 2008 Agricultural History Society 2008 Agricultural History Winter Ruffin found the fifteen-hundred-acre plantation that he inherited in the same shape as much of his...
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Southern Appalachia's Nineteenth-Century Bright Tobacco Boom: Industrialization, Urbanization, and the Culture of Tobacco
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Agricultural History (2014) 88 (2): 175–206.
Published: 01 April 2014
...Tom Lee Abstract Over the past three decades, scholars have delved deeply into the post–Civil War industrialization of Appalachia. Although often they have identified agricultural conditions in the mountains as a major factor shaping the emergence of industry in the region, they have paid less...
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Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians
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Agricultural History (2004) 78 (2): 247–249.
Published: 01 April 2004
... interactive process that often results in unforeseen and destructive outcomes. Because Appalachian studies has been bedeviled by problems of defini? tion, Davis begins by asking where and what Appalachia is. Geography, poli? tics, history, ethnicity, and culture have variously been used as markers to de? fine...
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Appalachian Folkways
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Agricultural History (2006) 80 (2): 263–265.
Published: 01 April 2006
.... By John B. Rehder. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.368 pp., $39.95, hardback, ISBN 0-8018-7879-9. John Rehder's latest book, Appalachian Folkways, sets out not only to update old assumptions about Appalachia but also to demystify the region and its 264 / Agricultural History people...
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Studying Appalachian Studies: Making the Path By Walking
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Agricultural History (2016) 90 (2): 272–273.
Published: 01 April 2016
... scott point out in their essay studying appalachia, the field needs to begin to focus more attention on northern appalachia and better compare the region with similar places throughout the world. Moreover, appalachian studies should strive to include the voices of minority groups in the region, most...
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Uncovering the Subsistence Economy in the Twentieth-Century South: Blue Ridge Mountain Farms
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Agricultural History (2004) 78 (4): 417–437.
Published: 01 October 2004
...Sara M. Gregg Abstract The small upcountry farms of Southern Appalachia were slowly fading away during the early twentieth century, but pockets of self-sufficient farms remained in places like the northern Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. These farmers, responsive to the constraints...
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Grasping at Independence: Debt, Male Authority, and Mineral Rights in Appalachian Kentucky, 1850–1915
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Agricultural History (2002) 76 (4): 715–717.
Published: 01 October 2002
... at Independence: Debt, Male Authority, and Mineral Rights in Appalachian Kentucky, 1850-1915. By Robert S. Weise. Knoxville: Univer? sity of Tennessee Press, 2001. 374 pp., $40.00, hardback, ISBN 1-57233112-7. The indispensable archives of Appalachia are the numerous county courthouses that preserve the documents...
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Engineering Agriculture at Texas A&M: The First Hundred Years
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Agricultural History (2016) 90 (2): 270–272.
Published: 01 April 2016
... of appalachian studies, but to also provide a blueprint for future research on the region. as Phillip Obermiller and shaunna scott point out in their essay studying appalachia, the field needs to begin to focus more attention on northern appalachia and better compare the region with similar places throughout...
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Social Investigation and Rural England, 1870-1914
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Agricultural History (2004) 78 (2): 245–247.
Published: 01 April 2004
... relationship with nature as an ever-changing interactive process that often results in unforeseen and destructive outcomes. Because Appalachian studies has been bedeviled by problems of defini? tion, Davis begins by asking where and what Appalachia is. Geography, poli? tics, history, ethnicity, and culture...
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Hillbilly Exile
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Agricultural History (2017) 91 (2): 239–246.
Published: 01 April 2017
... distinctive subgroups in America. Their loyalty to family and country, their suspicion of outsiders, and their notorious tempers separate them from other whites and minorities even within Appalachia. Those traits also travel with Appalachians in exile. Apparently borrowing from long-standing mountain...
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Folklife along the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
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Agricultural History (2004) 78 (3): 379–380.
Published: 01 July 2004
..., Kentucky. Settled by hunters and subsistence farmers in the nineteenth century, the Big South Fork basin, like many areas of Appalachia, experienced extensive economic development in the early twentieth century, when logging and mining companies tapped into the area's natural resources. By the mid...
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Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South
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Agricultural History (2016) 90 (2): 273–274.
Published: 01 April 2016
... on the principles of sustainable development to promote economic growth and self-sufficiency (108). amanda Fickey and Michael samers also conclude that place-based approaches are crucial in achieving the goal of sustainability. in the essay developing appalachia, they encourage scholars and activists to focus...
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Ginseng Dreams: The Secret World of America’s Most Valuable Plant
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Agricultural History (2008) 82 (4): 550–551.
Published: 01 October 2008
... industries have risen and fallen, ginseng harvesting has been a persistent cottage industry among Appalachia's rural residents.Moreover, ginseng is a particular plant, seldom thrivingoutside of themature forest understory. Commercial cultivation has proven challeng ing at best. Adding to the challenge...
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In Search of the Rain Forest
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Agricultural History (2006) 80 (2): 265–267.
Published: 01 April 2006
... and preservation" of Appalachia in the early twentieth century, and seems to regret the arrival of modernity (29). This leaves the reader wondering about the future of folk life in Appalachia. The contempo? rary folk and music festivals that Rehder so thoroughly chronicles suggest the promising future...
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