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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hsiung, David C., 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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