Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930

Winner of the W.D. Weatherford Award from the Appalachian Studies Association, this book provides an examination of the social and economic history of the Appalachian South from 1880 to 1930, describing the revolutionary changes in mountain life as the region was swept up in the American drive toward industrial maturity.