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- catalog abstract ""In the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation, the Blue Ridge region, which stretches through large sections of Virginia and North Carolina and parts of surrounding states along the Appalachian chain, was the American frontier." "The settlers who did not migrate to new lands became geographically isolated and politically and economically marginalized. Yet they created fulfilling lives for themselves by forging effective and oftentimes sophisticated folklife traditions, many of which endure in the region today." "In 1772 the Watauga Association, often cited as the first free and democratic non-native government on the American continent, was organized in the Blue Ridge area. In 1780 Blue Ridge pioneers helped win the Revolutionary War for the patriots by defeating Patrick Ferguson's army of British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain." "Having been spared by the coincidence of geology and topography from the more environmentally damaging manifestations of industrialization, coal mining, and dam building, the Blue Ridge region still harbors scenic natural beauty as well as vestiges of the earliest cultures of Southern Appalachia." "As it describes the most characteristic and significant traditions, this fascinating, fact-filled book traces the historical development of the region's distinctive folklife."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10436428.
- catalog coverage "Blue Ridge Mountains Region Social life and customs.".
- catalog coverage "Blue Ridge Mountains Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation, the Blue Ridge region, which stretches through large sections of Virginia and North Carolina and parts of surrounding states along the Appalachian chain, was the American frontier." "The settlers who did not migrate to new lands became geographically isolated and politically and economically marginalized. Yet they created fulfilling lives for themselves by forging effective and oftentimes sophisticated folklife traditions, many of which endure in the region today." "In 1772 the Watauga Association, often cited as the first free and democratic non-native government on the American continent, was organized in the Blue Ridge area. In 1780 Blue Ridge pioneers helped win the Revolutionary War for the patriots by defeating Patrick Ferguson's army of British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain." "Having been spared by the coincidence of geology and topography from the more environmentally damaging manifestations of industrialization, coal mining, and dam building, the Blue Ridge region still harbors scenic natural beauty as well as vestiges of the earliest cultures of Southern Appalachia." "As it describes the most characteristic and significant traditions, this fascinating, fact-filled book traces the historical development of the region's distinctive folklife."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Blue Ridge Region through 1800 -- 2. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 3. Verbal Folklore -- 4. Customary Folklife -- 5. Material Culture -- 6. The Blue Ridge Today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 211 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Blue Ridge folklife.".
- catalog identifier "1578060222 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1578060230 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Blue Ridge folklife.".
- catalog isPartOf "Folklife in the South series".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,".
- catalog relation "Blue Ridge folklife.".
- catalog spatial "Blue Ridge Mountains Region Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Blue Ridge Mountains Region.".
- catalog spatial "Blue Ridge Mountains Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Blue Ridge Mountains.".
- catalog spatial "Virginia.".
- catalog subject "975.5 21".
- catalog subject "Country life Blue Ridge Mountains Region.".
- catalog subject "F217.B6 O47 1998".
- catalog subject "Folklore Blue Ridge Mountains Region.".
- catalog subject "Folklore Blue Ridge Mountains.".
- catalog subject "Folklore Virginia.".
- catalog subject "Material culture Blue Ridge Mountains.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Blue Ridge Region through 1800 -- 2. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- 3. Verbal Folklore -- 4. Customary Folklife -- 5. Material Culture -- 6. The Blue Ridge Today.".
- catalog title "Blue Ridge folklife / Ted Olson.".
- catalog type "text".