The Resource Ramp Hollow : the ordeal of Appalachia, Steven Stoll
Ramp Hollow : the ordeal of Appalachia, Steven Stoll
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- Summary
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- Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, from the earliest European settlers, through crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia."--
- "In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, and why it matters. He begins with the earliest European settlers, whose desire for vast forests to hunt in was frustrated by absentee owners--including George Washington and other founders--who laid claim to the region. Even as Daniel Boone became famous as a backwoods hunter and guide, the economy he represented was already in peril. Within just a few decades, Appalachian hunters and farmers went from pioneers to pariahs, from heroes to hillbillies, in the national imagination, and the area was locked into an enduring association with poverty and backwardness. Stoll traces these developments with empathy and precision, examining crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia." At the center of Ramp Hollow is Stoll's sensitive portrayal of Appalachian homesteads. Perched upon ridges and tucked into hollows, they combined small-scale farming and gardening with expansive foraging and hunting, along with distilling and trading, to achieve self-sufficiency and resist the dependence on cash and credit arising elsewhere in the United States. But the industrialization of the mountains shattered the ecological balance that sustained the households. Ramp Hollow recasts the story of Appalachia as a complex struggle between mountaineers and profit-seeking forces from outside the region. Drawing powerful connections between Appalachia and other agrarian societies around the world, Stoll demonstrates the vitality of a peasant way of life that mixes farming with commerce but is not dominated by a market mind-set. His original investigation, ranging widely from history to literature, art, and economics, questions our assumptions about progress and development, and exposes the devastating legacy of dispossession and its repercussions today."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Contemporary ancestors: from Daniel Boone to Hill-Billy
- Provision grounds: on capitalism and the Atlantic peasantry
- The Rye Rebellion: why Alexander Hamilton invaded the mountains
- Mountaineers are always free: on losing land and livelihood
- Interlude: Agrarian twilight: the art of dispossession
- The captured garden: subsistence under industrial capitalism
- Negotiated settlements: the fate of the commons and the commoners
- Isbn
- 9780809095056
- Label
- Ramp Hollow : the ordeal of Appalachia
- Title
- Ramp Hollow
- Title remainder
- the ordeal of Appalachia
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Stoll
- Subject
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- Appalachian Region -- History
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions
- Economic history
- Economic history
- Farmers
- Farmers
- Farmers -- Appalachian Region -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- History
- Appalachian Region
- Land tenure
- Land tenure -- Appalachian Region -- History
- Mountain people
- Mountain people
- Mountain people -- Appalachian Region -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies
- Social conditions
- Social conditions
- Land tenure
- Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, from the earliest European settlers, through crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia."--
- "In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, and why it matters. He begins with the earliest European settlers, whose desire for vast forests to hunt in was frustrated by absentee owners--including George Washington and other founders--who laid claim to the region. Even as Daniel Boone became famous as a backwoods hunter and guide, the economy he represented was already in peril. Within just a few decades, Appalachian hunters and farmers went from pioneers to pariahs, from heroes to hillbillies, in the national imagination, and the area was locked into an enduring association with poverty and backwardness. Stoll traces these developments with empathy and precision, examining crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia." At the center of Ramp Hollow is Stoll's sensitive portrayal of Appalachian homesteads. Perched upon ridges and tucked into hollows, they combined small-scale farming and gardening with expansive foraging and hunting, along with distilling and trading, to achieve self-sufficiency and resist the dependence on cash and credit arising elsewhere in the United States. But the industrialization of the mountains shattered the ecological balance that sustained the households. Ramp Hollow recasts the story of Appalachia as a complex struggle between mountaineers and profit-seeking forces from outside the region. Drawing powerful connections between Appalachia and other agrarian societies around the world, Stoll demonstrates the vitality of a peasant way of life that mixes farming with commerce but is not dominated by a market mind-set. His original investigation, ranging widely from history to literature, art, and economics, questions our assumptions about progress and development, and exposes the devastating legacy of dispossession and its repercussions today."--Publisher's description
- Assigning source
- Adapted from book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stoll, Steven
- Dewey number
- 333.3/174
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD210.A66
- LC item number
- S76 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Land tenure
- Mountain people
- Farmers
- Appalachian Region
- Appalachian Region
- Appalachian Region
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Economic history
- Farmers
- Land tenure
- Mountain people
- Social conditions
- Appalachian Region
- Economic history
- Farmers
- Land tenure
- Mountain people
- Social conditions
- Label
- Ramp Hollow : the ordeal of Appalachia, Steven Stoll
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-385) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contemporary ancestors: from Daniel Boone to Hill-Billy -- Provision grounds: on capitalism and the Atlantic peasantry -- The Rye Rebellion: why Alexander Hamilton invaded the mountains -- Mountaineers are always free: on losing land and livelihood -- Interlude: Agrarian twilight: the art of dispossession -- The captured garden: subsistence under industrial capitalism -- Negotiated settlements: the fate of the commons and the commoners
- Control code
- 1004206289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780809095056
- Lccn
- 2017017082
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004206289
- Label
- Ramp Hollow : the ordeal of Appalachia, Steven Stoll
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-385) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contemporary ancestors: from Daniel Boone to Hill-Billy -- Provision grounds: on capitalism and the Atlantic peasantry -- The Rye Rebellion: why Alexander Hamilton invaded the mountains -- Mountaineers are always free: on losing land and livelihood -- Interlude: Agrarian twilight: the art of dispossession -- The captured garden: subsistence under industrial capitalism -- Negotiated settlements: the fate of the commons and the commoners
- Control code
- 1004206289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780809095056
- Lccn
- 2017017082
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004206289
Subject
- Appalachian Region -- History
- Appalachian Region -- Social conditions
- Economic history
- Economic history
- Farmers
- Farmers
- Farmers -- Appalachian Region -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- History
- Appalachian Region
- Land tenure
- Land tenure -- Appalachian Region -- History
- Mountain people
- Mountain people
- Mountain people -- Appalachian Region -- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies
- Social conditions
- Social conditions
- Land tenure
- Appalachian Region -- Economic conditions
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