The wild east : a biography of the Great Smoky Mountains /
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Author / Creator: | Brown, Margaret Lynn. |
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Imprint: | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2000. |
Description: | xxi, 457 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | New perspectives on the history of the South New perspectives on the history of the South series. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4253422 |
Summary: | This volume explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the 19th and 20th centuries. The author concludes that this national park, a large forested region in the eastern United States, is actually a re-created wilderness. |
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Physical Description: | xxi, 457 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-438) and index. |
ISBN: | 0813017505 |