Miners, millhands, and mountaineers : industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930 / by Ronald D. Eller.
"The past 100 years have seen Appalachia transformed from a largely autonomous region of small farms and abundant wildlife to one largely dependent on jobs related to the extraction of mineral resources. The transformation stripped Appalachia of the minerals and the wildlife while leaving the greater part of the resulting wealth in the hands of outside interests. Ronald Eller, focusing on the years 1880-1930, documents this transformation in great detail. He describes the many extraction industries, from timber to iron ore to coal, and their goal (with some exceptions) of removing the maximum resources at the minimum of cost, with little concern for the health or livelihood of the local residents. It is a valuable reference work, well researched and with an extensive bibliography. Its main shortcoming is its restriction to a span of dates well before the present era of mountaintop removal.
Record details
- ISBN: 0870493418
- ISBN: 9780870493416
- ISBN: 087049340X
- ISBN: 9780870493409
- Physical Description: xxvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1982]
- Copyright: ©1982
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: pages 243-262. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: industrialization and social change in Appalachia: a look at the static image -- on the eve of a remarkable development -- a magnificent field for capitalists -- the last great trees -- the ascendancy of coal -- coal, culture, and community: life in the company towns -- profits and power: the coal barons -- modernization and the mountaineer. |
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| Subject: | Appalachian Region, Southern > Economic conditions. Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions. Appalachian Region, Southern > History. |
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