Ramp Hollow : : the Ordeal of Appalachia
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Contemporary ancestors -- Provision grounds -- The Rye Rebellion -- Mountaineers are always free -- Interlude: agrarian twilight -- The captured garden -- Negotiated settlements.
Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, from the earliest European settlers, through crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia." -- Adapted from book jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Hill and Wang, [2017]
Year Published: 2017
Description: xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780809095056
080909505X
SUBJECTS
Land tenure -- Appalachian Region -- History.
Mountain people -- Appalachian Region -- History.
Farmers -- Appalachian Region -- History.
Appalachian Region -- History.
Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions.
Appalachian Region -- Social conditions.