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Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image
Brooks Blevins
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Description for Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image
Paperback. Here, Blevins sketches a portrait of a place far more nuanced than the backward and deliberately unprogressive region depicted in stereotype. He covers a wide range of Ozark social life, including the development of agriculture and the rise and fall of extractive industries. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations, 1 table, 9 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
The Ozark region, located in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, has long been the domain of the folklorist and the travel writer - a circumstance that has helped shroud its history in stereotype and misunderstanding. With Hill Folks, Brooks Blevins offers the first in-depth historical treatment of the Arkansas Ozarks. He traces the region's history from the early nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century and, in the process, examines the creation and perpetuation of conflicting images of the area, mostly by outsiders. Covering a wide range of Ozark social life, Blevins examines the development of agriculture, the ... Read more
The Ozark region, located in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, has long been the domain of the folklorist and the travel writer - a circumstance that has helped shroud its history in stereotype and misunderstanding. With Hill Folks, Brooks Blevins offers the first in-depth historical treatment of the Arkansas Ozarks. He traces the region's history from the early nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth century and, in the process, examines the creation and perpetuation of conflicting images of the area, mostly by outsiders. Covering a wide range of Ozark social life, Blevins examines the development of agriculture, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807853429
SKU
V9780807853429
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About Brooks Blevins
Brooks Blevins is Endowed Associate Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University.
Reviews for Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image
"Easily the best comprehensive history of the Ozarks yet accomplished. It will be a benchmark in the field." - Robert Cochran, University of Arkansas