Research Catalog

Title

Encyclopedia of Appalachia / edited by Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell ; managing editor, Jill Oxendine ; deputy managing editor, Troy Gowen.

Publication

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Abramson, Rudy.
• Haskell, Jean, 1947-

Description

xxvii, 1832 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.

Subject

• Appalachian Region > Encyclopedias

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / William Ferris -- An appreciation / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Guide for readers -- Introduction -- The landscape: Geology ; Ecology ; Environment -- The people: Family and community ; Images and icons ; Race, ethnicity, and identity ; Settlement and migration ; Urban Appalachian experience -- Work and the economy: Agriculture ; Business, industry, and technology ; Labor ; Tourism ; Transportation -- Cultural traditions: Architecture ; Crafts ; Folklore and folklife ; Food and cooking ; Humor ; Language ; Literature ; Music ; Performing arts ; Religion ; Sports and recreation ; Visual arts -- Institutions: Cultural institutions ; Education ; Government ; Health ; Media.

Call Number

F106

ISBN

1572334568 (hardcover)

LCCN

• 2005017102
• 9781572334564

OCLC

60669068

Title

Encyclopedia of Appalachia / edited by Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell ; managing editor, Jill Oxendine ; deputy managing editor, Troy Gowen.

Imprint

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2006.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Abramson, Rudy.

Haskell, Jean, 1947-

Other Standard Identifier

9781572334564

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG F106 .E53 2006