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Article: High Mountains Rising: Appalachia in Time and Place.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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High Mountains Rising: Appalachia in Time and Place. Edited by Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, c. 2004. Pp. x, 240. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 0-252-0716-X; cloth, $40.00, ISBN 0-252-02916-X.)
Thirty-five years ago a confluence of activist and academic interests generated what came to be known as Appalachian studies or, more precisely, the exploration into the history and culture of the mountain South. Though the activist commitment that lay behind the original endeavor has become somewhat less prominent since then, Appalachian studies scholarship has flourished, matured, and largely succeeded in vanquishing ...