The Bibliography of Appalachia: More Than 4,700 Books, Articles, Monographs and Dissertations, Topically Arranged and Indexed (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies)

233 Pages·2009·1.35 MB·English

by  John R.

The Bibliography of Appalachia
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CONTRIBUTIONSTOSOUTHERNAPPALACHIANSTUDIES
1. Memoirs of Grassy Creek: Growing Up in the Mountains
on the Virginia–North Carolina Line. Zetta Barker Hamby. 1998
2. The Pond Mountain Chronicle: Self-Portrait of a Southern
Appalachian Community. Edited by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper. 1998
3. Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge: Old Time, Early Country, Folk
and Bluegrass Label Recording Artists, with Discographies. Marty McGee. 2000
4. W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman:
Photographs of a Bygone Time. Ralph E. Lentz II. 2001
5. The People of the New River: Oral Histories from
the Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga Counties of North Carolina.
Edited by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper. 2001
6. John Fox, Jr., Appalachian Author. Bill York. 2003
7. The Thistle and the Brier: Historical Links and Cultural Parallels
Between Scotland and Appalachia. Richard Blaustein. 2003
8. Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia.
The Cratis Williams Chronicles. Cratis D. Williams.
Edited by David Cratis Williams and Patricia D. Beaver. 2003
9. Willard Gayheart, Appalachian Artist.
Willard Gayheart and Donia S. Eley. 2003
10. The Forest City Lynching of 1900: Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy
in Rutherford County, North Carolina. J. Timothy Cole. 2003
11. The Brevard Rosenwald School: Black Education and Community Building
in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920–1966. Betty J. Reed. 2004
12. The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music.
Edited by Charles K. Wolfe and Ted Olson. 2005
13. Community and Change in the North Carolina Mountains:
Oral Histories and Profiles of People from Western Watauga County.
Compiled by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes Sheppard. 2006
14. Ashe County: A History; A New Edition.
Arthur Lloyd Fletcher. 2009 [2006]
15. The New River Controversy; A New Edition.
Thomas J. Schoenbaum. With an Epilogue by R. Seth Woodard. 2007
16. The Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot: A Park Ranger’s Memoir. Tim Pegram. 2007
17. James Still: Critical Essays on the Dean of Appalachian Literature.
Edited by Ted Olson and Kathy H. Olson. 2008
18. Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty.
John R. Burch, Jr. 2008
19. Asheville: A History. Nan K. Chase. 2007
20. Southern Appalachian Poetry: An Anthology of Works by 37 Poets.
Edited by Marita Garin. 2008
21. Ball, Bat and Bitumen: A History
of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South. L.M. Sutter. 2009
22. The Frontier Nursing Service: America’s First Rural
Nurse-Midwife Service and School. Marie Bartlett. 2009
23. James Still in Interviews, Oral Histories and Memoirs.
Edited by Ted Olson. 2009
24. The Millstone Quarries of Powell County, Kentucky.
Charles D. Hockensmith. 2009
25. The Bibliography of Appalachia: More Than 4,700 Books, Articles, Monographs
and Dissertations, Topically Arranged and Indexed. Compiled by John R. Burch, Jr. 2009
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The Bibliography
of Appalachia
More Than 4,700 Books, Articles,
Monographs and Dissertations,
Topically Arranged and Indexed
Compiled by JOHN R. BURCH, JR.
CONTRIBUTIONSTOSOUTHERNAPPALACHIANSTUDIES, 25
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The bibliography of Appalachia : more than 4,700 books, articles, monographs
and dissertations, topically arranged and indexed / compiled by John R. Burch, Jr.
p. cm. — (Contributions to Southern Appalachian studies ; 25)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Preface ix
Activism and Protest 1
Agriculture 5
Appalachian Studies 7
Archaeology 10
Architecture 20
Arts and Crafts 21
Business, Industry, Labor, Transportation, and Technology 23
Community, Culture, and Folklife 34
Development, Economics, Landownership, Modernization, and Poverty 47
Education 54
Environment 59
Ethnicity, Race, and Identity 64
Health and Medicine 84
Language and Literature 87
Law, Politics, and Government 124
Media and Stereotypes 132
Migration and Urban Appalachians 136
Music 139
Pre-Industrial Appalachia 144
Recreation and Tourism 157
Reference Sources and General Works 160
Religion 162
Warfare 167
Women and Gender 177
Author Index 185
Subject Index 205
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Acknowledgments
One cannot complete a project of this Hooper, Patty McDowell, Sandra Riggs, Ted
scale without a significant amount of assis- Schulz, Mary Street,and Regina Thompson.
tance; therefore, I must express my sincere Many thanks also go to my family and
gratitude to all those individuals and institu- dear friends. Eustacia O’Malley, Sean O’Mal-
tions that made this endeavor possible. First, ley, Lauren O’Malley, Danielle O’Malley,
I must acknowledge the scholars who taught Michael O’Malley, Donna Crawford, Andy
me everything I know about Appalachia, Crawford, Amber Rich, Annaliese Crawford,
namely Richard Drake, Loyal Jones, Shannon Dorothy Simpson, Paul Simpson, Betsy
Wilson, Dwight Billings, and Ronald D Eller. Burch, John Russell Burch, Sr., William
At Campbellsville University, I cannot thank Stephens, Cassandra Stephens, and Tyler
Michael V. Carter, Frank Cheatham, and Stephens have all provided valuable love and
Mary Wilgus enough for all of the support support.
they have provided me since I arrived there. Most importantly, I need to thank Idalia,
Moral support and access to materials was Samantha, Morgan, Alexandra, Christopher,
provided by the excellent library staff at Mont- and Kayleigh Burch for tolerating me as I have
gomery Library, which includes Timothy endeavored to complete this project.
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Preface
This bibliography includes entries on Included within the bibliography are more
books, articles, and doctoral dissertations that than 4,700 entries divided into 24 sections.
illuminate the environment, history, or cultures Although many of these entries could have
of Appalachia. I have adopted the Appalachian been placed in any one of a number of chap-
Regional Commission’s definition of the region, ters, an arbitrary decision was made to place
which includes all, or portions, of the states of each of them in one specific category. Readers
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, are urged to consult the two indexes that con-
West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, North Car- clude the bibliography.
olina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, The Author Index includes authors, com-
Alabama, and Georgia. A broader definition of pilers, editors, interviewers, and writers of
Appalachia is utilized for entries on periods be- fiction.
fore the nineteenth century in order to include The Subject Index includes places, insti-
the homelands of all the Native American peo- tutions, groups, activities, concepts, publica-
ples who helped shape the region. tions, businesses, etc., and persons as subjects.
The bibliography is not intended to be The only entries concerning fiction writers in-
comprehensive, but rather representative, of the cluded in the Subject Index are either autobi-
rich scholarly literature that has been produced ographical or biographical in nature or works
on the region. Older, influential works that fea- of literary criticism.
ture ideas currently held in disdain within References in the indexes are to entry
many academic circles are included to allow numbers.
users of the bibliography to see how perspec-
tives, ideas, and methodology have evolved over
time.
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