Author: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Engineering Extension DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Wytheville (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Industrial Survey, Wytheville, Virginia
Author: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Engineering Extension DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wytheville (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Industrial Survey: Wytheville
Author: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Engineering Extension DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Domestic Commerce
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic CommercePublisher:
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Industrial Survey, Craig County, Virginia
Author: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Engineering Extension DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Craig County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Mountains on the Market
Author: Randal L. HallPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813140463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
“This is a landmark not only of Appalachian history but of southern economic and environmental history as well.” —John C. Inscoe, author of Race, War, and Remembrance in the Appalachian South Manufacturing in the Northeast and the Midwest pushed the United States to the forefront of industrialized nations during the early nineteenth century; the South, however, lacked the large cities and broad consumer demand that catalyzed changes in other parts of the country. Nonetheless, in contrast to older stereotypes, southerners did not shun industrial development when profits were possible. Even in the Appalachian South, where the rugged terrain presented particular challenges, southern entrepreneurs formed companies as early as 1760 to take advantage of the region’s natural resources. In Mountains on the Market: Industry, the Environment, and the South, Randal L. Hall charts the economic progress of the New River Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, which became home to a wide variety of industries. By the start of the Civil War, railroads had made their way into the area, and the mining and processing of lead, copper, and iron had long been underway. Covering 250 years of industrialization, environmental exploitation, and the effects of globalization, Mountains on the Market situates the New River Valley squarely in the mainstream of American capitalism. “Southernists will now refer to this book first in thinking about the historical development of the extractive industries, their impact on the environment, and what it tells us about the South.” —David Brown, coauthor of Race in the American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights “An excellent microhistory of an understudied region of the Appalachian South.” —North Carolina Historical Review
Subject Heading List
Author: National Agricultural Library (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Virginia
Author: Virginia Polytechnic InstitutePublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Duluthian
Author: Bulletin of the Virginia State Library
Author: Bulletin of the Engineering Extension Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Author: Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Engineering Extension DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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