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West Virginia : a history /
"An essential resource for scholars, students, and all lovers of the Mountaineer State. From bloody skirmishes with Indians on the early frontier to the Logan County mine war, the story of West Virginia is punctuated with episodes as colorful and rugged as the mountains that dominate its landsc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1993.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Prehistoric Times; Chapter 2: Exploration and Early Settlements; Chapter 3: At the Vortex of Imperial Conflict; Chapter 4: Advance Across the Alleghenies; Chapter 5: The Revolutionary Era; Chapter 6: Adapting to a New Nation; Chapter 7: The Quality of Mountain Life; Chapter 8: Educational and Cultural Foundations; Chapter 9: Antebellum Economic Life; Chapter 10: Conflict with Eastern Virginia; Chapter 11: Politics and Slavery; Chapter 12: Secession and Reorganized Government; Chapter 13: The Agony of War.
- Chapter 14: The Thirty-fifth StateChapter 15: Tensions of Reconstruction; Chapter 16: The Bourbon Ascendancy; Chapter 17: Agriculture and Rural Life; Chapter 18: The Industrial Age; Chapter 19: Progressivism and Reaction; Chapter 20: Labor Problems and Advances; Chapter 21: The Transformation of Education; Chapter 22: Literary Endeavors; Chapter 23: Twentieth Century Politics: Kump to Marland; Chapter 24: Twentieth Century Politics: Underwood to Rockefeller; Chapter 25: Old Problems and New Dilemmas; Selected Bibliography and Suggested Readings; Index.