| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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, especially those of isolation and community. Hsiung focuses on the mountainous area of upper East Tennessee, tracing this area's development from the first settlementin the eighteenth century to the eve of the Civil War. Through his examination, he identifies the different ways in which the region's |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social isolation -- Tennessee, East -- History
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Tennessee, East -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Economic history
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Geography
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Social conditions
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Social isolation
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Tennessee, East -- Social conditions
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Tennessee, East -- Geography
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Tennessee, East -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
East Tennessee
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813161525 |
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0813161525 |
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