The Wild East: A Biography of the Great Smoky Mountains
(Part of the New Perspectives on the History of the South Series and New Perspectives on the History of the South Series)
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The Wild East explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the 19th and 20th centuries. Although this national park is most often portrayed as a triumph of wilderness preservation, Margaret Lynn Brown concludes that the largest forested region in the eastern United States is actually a re-created wilderness - a product of restoration and even manipulation of the land. Between 1910 and 1920, corporate...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081302093X
ISBN13:9780813020938
Release Date:February 2001
Publisher:University Press of Florida
Length:479 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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