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Uneven ground : Appalachia since 1945 /
Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
Univ. Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of development and of the growth of material production, consumption, and technology decried what they perceived as the isolation and backwardness of the place and sough. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813173207 0813173205 9780813138633 0813138639 9780813135014 081313501X 1282937421 9781282937420 9786612937422 6612937424 |