A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are
Mountains explores the relationship between human inhabitants of
the southern Appalachians and their environment. Incorporating a
wide variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, the
study draws information from several viewpoints and spans more than
four hundred years of geological, ecological, anthropological, and
historical development in the Appalachian region. The book begins
with a description of the indigenous Mississippian culture in 1500
and ends with the destructive effects of industrial logging and dam
building during the first three decades of the twentieth century.
Donald Edward Davis discusses the degradation of the southern
Appalachians on a number of levels, from the general effects of
settlement and industry to the extinction of the American chestnut
due to blight and logging in the early 1900s. This portrait of
environmental destruction is echoed by the human struggle to
survive in one of our nation's poorest areas. The farming,
livestock raising, dam building, and pearl and logging industries
that have gradually destroyed this region have also been the
livelihood of the Appalachian people. The author explores the
sometimes conflicting needs of humans and nature in the mountains
while presenting impressive and comprehensive research on the
increasingly threatened environment of the southern
Appalachians.
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