Author : Robert S. Weise
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781572331129
Book Description
"By closely studying the strategic blend of land ownership, subsistence agriculture, and commerce, Weise reveals how white male farmers in Floyd County attempted to achieve and preserve patriarchal authority and independence - and how this household localism laid the foundation for the region's development during the industrial era. By shifting attention from the actions of industrialists to those of local residents, he reconciles contradictory views of antebellum Appalachia and offers a new understanding of the region's history and its people."--Jacket.