Appalachian Travels - The Diary of Olive Dame Campbell (Hardcover)

In 1908 and 1909, noted social reformer and "songcatcher" Olive Dame Campbell traveled with her husband, John C. Campbell, through the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia to survey the social and economic conditions in mountain communities. Throughout the journey, Olive kept a detailed diary offering a vivid, entertaining, and personal account of the places the couple visited, the people they met, and the mountain cultures they encountered. Although John C. Campbell's book, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region, little has been published about the Campbells themselves and their role in the sociological, educational, and cultural history of Appalachia. In this critical edition, Elizabeth McCutchen Williams makes Olive's diary widely accessible to scholars and students for the first time. Appalachian Travels only offers an invaluable account of mountain society at the turn of the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	The University Press of Kentucky
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Elizabeth M. Williams
Authors:	Olive Dame Campbell
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-8131-3644-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-8131-3644-X
Barcode:	9780813136448

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