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Appalachians all : East Tennesseans and the elusive history of an American region
- Title
- Appalachians all : East Tennesseans and the elusive history of an American region / Mark T. Banker.
- Author
- Banker, Mark T., 1951-
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2010]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F442.1 .B365 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 328 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Appalachians All tells a story of East Tennessee through the history of three communities: the urban life of Knoxville, the farming and logging of Cades Cove, and the coal production of Clearfork Valley. A native son himself, Mark Banker writes a significant regional history by combining a perceptive account of how industrialization shaped these communities with a heartfelt reflection on Appalachian identity. Banker uses elements of his own autobiography to underscore the self-perpetuating debasement of Appalachia. His histories reveal not only a richness in the East Tennessee experience but also a profound interconnectedness. Appalachians All challenges readers to reconsider outdated notions and to reimagine Appalachia through a new lense. -- Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: East Tennessee insights into elusive Appalachia -- pt. 1. Before there was an Appalachia, 1750-1880. East Tennessee beginnings: Cherokee and pioneer legacies and the births of three representative communities -- Mid-nineteenth-century crises: from mainstream to margin in East Tennessee -- pt. 2. Appalachia discovered: insights from East Tennessee, 1870-1930. Queen city of the mountains: Knoxville and the vision of a new South -- New South realities: East Tennessee's hinterland's as resource producer for industrial America -- Appalachia on their minds: East Tennesseans and the discovery of an American region, 1875-1925 -- pt. 3. Appalachia, East Tennessee, and modern America, 1920-2006. East Tennessee from bad times to good times (for some), 1920-1965 -- Appalachia (slowly) awakens: a regional overview, 1920-1975 -- Coming home to a new Appalachia: the awakening in East Tennessee hinterlands, 1970-present -- The awakening in East Tennessee's leading city and an ongoing homecoming, 1970-present -- Epilogue: Reimagining Appalachia and ourselves.
- ISBN
- 9781572334731
- 1572334738
- 9781572337862
- 1572337869
- 9781572337725 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2009045367
- OCLC
- ocn461896016
- 461896016
- SCSB-1554351
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library