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1 online resource |
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Intro; Contents; A PREFACE (OF SORTS); ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. FLOODS; 2. THIS IS NOT A MOUNTAIN; 3. MARGINAL APPALACHIA; 4. APPALACHIAN FLESH, APPALACHIAN BONE; 5. LEARNING TO SAY APPALACHIA; 6. THE MOLT; 7. CONDUITS; 8. READING LIKE AN APPALACHIAN; 9. JOURNEY TO CANAPPALACHIA; 10. COORDINATES; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
"Appalachia North is the first book-length treatment of the cultural position of northern Appalachia--the portion of the official Appalachian Regional Commission zone that lies above the Mason-Dixon line. For Matthew Ferrence this region fits into a tight space of not-quite: not quite "regular" America and not-quite Appalachia. Ferrence's sense of geographic ambiguity is compounded when he learns that his birthplace in western Pennsylvania is technically not a mountain but, instead, a dissected plateau shaped by the slow, deep cuts of erosion. That discovery is followed by the diagnosis of a brain tumor, setting Ferrence on a journey that is part memoir, part exploration of geology and place. Appalachia North is an investigation of how the labels of Appalachia have been drawn and written, and also a reckoning with how a body always in recovery can, like a region viewed always as a site of extraction, find new territories of growth"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ferrence, Matthew J.
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Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs.
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Appalachian Region. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Appalachian Region -- Description and travel.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781946684707 1946684708 (DLC) 2018033186 (OCoLC)1050363501 |
| ISBN |
9781946684714 (electronic book) |
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1946684716 (electronic book) |
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9781946684707 |
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1946684708 |
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