Ronald L Lewis

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Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920Paperback, 29 June 1998

Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920
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Print Length
368 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
29 Jun 1998
ISBN-10
0807847062
ISBN-13
9780807847060

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In 1880, ancient-growth forest still covered two-thirds of West Virginia, but by the 1920s lumbermen had denuded the entire region. Ronald Lewis explores the transformation in these mountain counties precipitated by deforestation. As the only state that lies entirely within the Appalachian region, West Virginia provides an ideal site for studying the broader social impact of deforestation in Appalachia, the South, and the eastern United States. Eventually, even ardent supporters of industrialization had reason to contemplate the consequences of unregulated exploitation. Once the timber was gone, the mills closed and the railroads pulled up their tracks leaving behind an environmental disaster and a new class of marginalized rural poor to confront the worst depression in American history.

Product Details

Author:
Ronald L Lewis
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 June 1998
Dimensions:
23.57 x 16.41 x 2.21 cm
ISBN-10:
0807847062
ISBN-13:
9780807847060
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
368
Weight:
535.24 gm

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