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12 produkter
The Road to Poverty
The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
Av Dwight B. Billings, Kathleen M. Blee
Häftad, 2000
813 kr
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Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communities through the history of Clay County, an especially poor section of the Eastern Kentucky mountains in Appalachia. The authors uncover the systemic problems and patterns of low income by tracing its …
Appalachia in the Making
The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century
Av Altina L. Waller, Dwight B. Billings m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
410 kr
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Appalachia first entered the American consciousness as a distinct region in the decades following the Civil War. The place and its people have long been seen as backwards and ''other'' because of their perceived geographical, social, and economic isolation. These essays, by fourteen eminent …
Planters and the Making of a "New South
Class, Politics, and Development in North Carolina, 1865-1900
Häftad, 2011
587 kr
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Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills; he reveals that a majority of the early mills was owned by prominent planters and agrarians. He shows the persistent hegemony and support for industrialization among the landed upper class and …
Back Talk from Appalachia
Confronting Stereotypes
Av Katherine Ledford, Gurney Norman m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
431 kr
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Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan''s 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of …
Back Talk from Appalachia
Confronting Stereotypes
Av Katherine Ledford, Gurney Norman m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
441 kr
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Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan''s 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of …
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Av Ann E. Kingsolver, Dwight B. Billings
E-bok, 2018
917 kr
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In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of …
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Av Ann E. Kingsolver, Dwight B. Billings
E-bok, 2018
459 kr
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In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of …
Appalachia in Regional Context
Place Matters
Av Dwight B Billings, Ann E Kingsolver
Häftad, 2020
500 kr
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In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. This concept especially holds true in Appalachian studies -- a field that brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around the region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and to combat stereotypes of …
Back Talk from Appalachia
Confronting Stereotypes
Av Dwight B Billings, Gurney Norman m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
561 kr
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Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of …
Planters and the Making of a "e;New South"e;
Class, Politics, and Development in North Carolina, 1865-1900
E-bok, 2017
410 kr
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Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state''s cotton mills; he reveals that a majority of the early mills was owned by prominent planters and agrarians. He shows the persistent hegemony and support for industrialization among the landed upper class and …
Appalachia in the Making
The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century
Av Altina L. Waller, Dwight B. Billings m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
535 kr
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Appalachia first entered the American consciousness as a distinct region in the decades following the Civil War. The place and its people have long been seen as backwards and ''other'' because of their perceived geographical, social, and economic isolation. These essays, by fourteen eminent …
Planters and the Making of a "e;New South"e;
Class, Politics, and Development in North Carolina, 1865-1900
E-bok, 2017
410 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state''s cotton mills; he reveals that a majority of the early mills was owned by prominent planters and agrarians. He shows the persistent hegemony and support for industrialization among the landed upper class and …
