Proving Ground : expertise and Appalachian landscapes /

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The Appalachian Mountains attracted an endless stream of visitors in the twentieth century, each bearing visions of what they would encounter. Well before large numbers of tourists took to the mountains in the latter half of the century, however, networks of missionaries, sociologists, folklorists,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slavishak, Edward Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Temas:
1900-1999
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Travel
Appalachian Mountains > Description and travel.
Appalachian Mountains
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; 1 Expert Vision: J. Horace McFarland in the Woods; 2 Terrestrial and Human: Benton MacKaye's Mountain Work; 3 The Stern Grip of Circumstance: Hiking the Smoky Mountains, 1920-1940; 4 A Priceless Asset: Marion Pearsall in Isolation; 5 William Gedney and the Look of Coal Country; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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