Beyond the Mountains by Drew A Swanson
Explores the ways in which Appalachia served as a laboratory for the exploration and practice of American conceptions of nature. With chapters dedicated to microhistories focused on particular commodities, Drew Swanson builds on recent Appalachian studies scholarship, emphasizing the diversity of a region long considered a homogenous backwater.-
My Work Is That of Conservation
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War upon the Land
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies
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Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture
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The Oyster Question
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Environmental History and the American South
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The Land of Cotton
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An Everglades Providence
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The Takeover
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Conserving Southern Longleaf
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Blue Ridge Commons
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Radioactive Dixie
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Bulldozer Revolutions
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Making Catfish Bait out of Government Boys
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The Price of Permanence
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Remaking Wormsloe Plantation
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Atlantic Environments and the American South
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Poison Powder
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Pharsalia
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Race and the Greening of Atlanta
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From Swamp to Wetland
Swanson has a way with words. . .[And] has given us a valuable and engrossing addition to
Appalachian scholarship.
DREW A. SWANSON is assistant professor of history at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He has previously taught at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820344874 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820344877 |
| Title | Beyond the Mountains |
| Author | Drew A Swanson |
| Series | Environmental History And The American South |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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