Two worlds in the Tennessee mountains : exploring the origins of Appalachian stereotypes /

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Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hsiung, David C., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
Temas:
Social isolation > Tennessee, East > History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Tennessee, East > History.
Isolement social > Tennessee (Est) > Histoire.
Stéréotypes > Tennessee (Est) > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history
Geography
Social conditions
Social isolation
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Tennessee, East > Social conditions.
Tennessee, East > Geography.
Tennessee, East > Economic conditions.
Tennessee (Est) > Conditions sociales.
Tennessee (Est) > Géographie.
Tennessee (Est) > Conditions économiques.
East Tennessee
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Preface; Introduction: The Framework for Connectedness; 1. Perceptions and Self-Perceptions in the Revolutionary Era; 2. The Early Roads; 3. Internal and External Economic Connections; 4. Population Persistence in Washington County; 5. Railroads in Upper East Tennessee; 6. The Creation of Popular Appalachian Images; Epilogue: The Implications of Connectedness; Notes; Selected 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.

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