Night comes to the Cumberlands : a biography of a depressed area
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Night comes to the Cumberlands : a biography of a depressed area
- Publication date
- 1963
- Topics
- Poverty, Fiction / General, General, Sociology, Appalachian Region, Economic conditions, History, Kentucky, Social conditions, Fiction, Economic history, Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions, Appalachian Region -- Social conditions
- Publisher
- Boston, Little, Brown
- Collection
- inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
- Contributor
- Internet Archive
- Language
- English
xvi, 394 pages 22 cm
Caudill explores the southern Appalachian Mountains area's history, from its first settlement to the Civil War, and from the rise of coal barons to the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s
pt. 1. The wilderness seed. Our disinherited forebears -- A harsh new land becomes home sweet home -- pt. 2. A land divided. The war -- The wars -- The things that are more excellent -- pt. 3. The coming of the coal men. Trees -- Coal -- The frontier a century after -- The alabaster cities -- The big bosses -- pt. 4. Boom and bust. The big boom -- Moonshine and mayhem -- The Great Depression -- The union drives -- The legacy of the thirties -- pt. 5. The second boom. From bust to boom again -- pt. 6. Waste and welfare. Darkening horizons -- The rise of the Welfare state -- pt. 7. The Purple Mountain majesties. The rape of the Appalachians -- The scene today -- The politics of decay -- pt. 8. The future. The case for a Southern Mountain Authority
Caudill explores the southern Appalachian Mountains area's history, from its first settlement to the Civil War, and from the rise of coal barons to the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s
pt. 1. The wilderness seed. Our disinherited forebears -- A harsh new land becomes home sweet home -- pt. 2. A land divided. The war -- The wars -- The things that are more excellent -- pt. 3. The coming of the coal men. Trees -- Coal -- The frontier a century after -- The alabaster cities -- The big bosses -- pt. 4. Boom and bust. The big boom -- Moonshine and mayhem -- The Great Depression -- The union drives -- The legacy of the thirties -- pt. 5. The second boom. From bust to boom again -- pt. 6. Waste and welfare. Darkening horizons -- The rise of the Welfare state -- pt. 7. The Purple Mountain majesties. The rape of the Appalachians -- The scene today -- The politics of decay -- pt. 8. The future. The case for a Southern Mountain Authority
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- Addeddate
- 2011-10-10 14:40:58
- Associated-names
- Udall, Stewart L., writer of foreword
- Boxid
- IA172201
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Date-raw
- January 30, 1964
- Donor
- allen_countydonation
- External-identifier
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urn:lcp:nightcomestocumb00harr:lcpdf:cc39dd9a-5e4e-4531-b94d-570e2b67fab3
urn:lcp:nightcomestocumb00harr:epub:f15e32b6-1457-49e6-bda5-a7c25dc47a7b
urn:oclc:record:1036768696
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- nightcomestocumb00harr
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t9c54q558
- Isbn
-
0316132128
9780316132121
- Lccn
- 63013450
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- OL9549369M
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- Pages
- 422
- Ppi
- 514
- Republisher_date
- 20120406221938
- Republisher_operator
- scanner-shenzhen-sun@archive.org;scanner-shenzhen-thomas@archive.org
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- 20120405133658
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- Scanningcenter
- shenzhen
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 171740
- Full catalog record
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