Excerpt from The Southern Highlander and His Homeland The measure of this kind of intimate effort can never be taken, but it found an outward manifestation in t
" In 1908 John C. Campbell was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct a survey of conditions in Appalachia and the aid work being done in these
John C. Campbell (1867–1919) is widely considered to be a pioneer in the objective study of the complex world of Appalachian mountaineers. Thanks to a grant f
This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight
A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of