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- catalog abstract ""The New South's New Frontier explores the origins of exploitative development in the Great Smoky Mountains and finds some surprising similarities to developmental patterns in the rest of the South. Focusing on the economic transformation of the southern Appalachians, Stephen Taylor examines the dynamics of rural versus small-town forces in the western North Carolina mountains, the region sometimes known as the "back of beyond," a name that pays homage to the mythic past of Appalachian isolation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12307387.
- catalog coverage "North Carolina Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The New South's New Frontier explores the origins of exploitative development in the Great Smoky Mountains and finds some surprising similarities to developmental patterns in the rest of the South. Focusing on the economic transformation of the southern Appalachians, Stephen Taylor examines the dynamics of rural versus small-town forces in the western North Carolina mountains, the region sometimes known as the "back of beyond," a name that pays homage to the mythic past of Appalachian isolation."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / John David Smith -- 1. A Southern People in a Mountain Region -- 2. Railroads, Good Roads, and Sawmill Villages -- 3. A Second Niagara Falls -- 4. Machiavelli and Monopoly in the Mountains -- 5. I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Help -- 6. Managing People and Land -- 7. Building a Road to Nowhere -- Epilogue: A View from the River.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 186 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813021162 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New perspectives on the history of the South".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog spatial "North Carolina Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "338.9756/9 21".
- catalog subject "HC107.N8 N49 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / John David Smith -- 1. A Southern People in a Mountain Region -- 2. Railroads, Good Roads, and Sawmill Villages -- 3. A Second Niagara Falls -- 4. Machiavelli and Monopoly in the Mountains -- 5. I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Help -- 6. Managing People and Land -- 7. Building a Road to Nowhere -- Epilogue: A View from the River.".
- catalog title "The new South's new frontier : a social history of economic development in southwestern North Carolina / Stephen Wallace Taylor ; foreword by John David Smith.".
- catalog type "text".