HIST 3350, History of Appalachia
The goal of this course is to provide students with a rich, balanced, and thought-provoking analysis of the history of the Appalachian region from the colonial period to the present. To reach this objective, we must not only strive to learn the significant people, places, and events of our historical experience, but, more importantly, we must seek to discover the connections between the many factors--political, economic, technological, social, religious, intellectual, and biological--that have shaped and reshaped Appalachian society.
Texts (Fall 2023)
Richard B. Drake, A History of Appalachia
Ronald Eller, Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930
Crandall Shifflet, Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns in Southern Appalachia, 1880-1960
Laura Shackelford and Bill Weinberg (Editors), Our Appalachia: An Oral History
Ronald D. Eller, Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945
