ISBN:
0813148693
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9780813148694
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Raine, James Watt Land of Saddle-bags : A Study of the Mountain People of Appalachia
DDC:
306/.0975/09143
Keywords:
Appalachians (People) Social life and customs
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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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Appalachians (People) ; Social life and customs
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Manners and customs
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Appalachian Region, Southern Social life and customs
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Southern Appalachian Region
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Electronic book
Abstract:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introducing Ourselves; 2 The Spell of the Wilderness; 3 Adventurers for Freedom; 4 Elizabethan Virtues; 5 Mountain Speech and Song; 6 Moonshine and Feuds; 7 The Mountains Go to School; 8 The Religion of a Stalwart People; 9 Health and Happiness; 10 Wealth and Welfare; 11 The Challenge.
Abstract:
This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have ""had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified."" Originally published in 1924, it was advertised as a ""racy book, full of the thrill of mountain adventure and the delicious humor of vigorously human people."" James Watt Raine, professor of English literature and later hea
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Originally published: New York : Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, ©1924
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