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Titolo |
Appalachian Symposium : Essays Written in Honor of Cratis D. Williams / / edited by J. W. Williamson ; with an introduction by Louie Brown |
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Boone, N. C. : , : Appalachian State University, , 1977 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : maps |
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Appalachian Region, Southern |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Eller, R. D. Appalachian oral history.--Crain, A. On the attempt to be a sensitive observer.--Fisher, S. Folk culture or folk tale.--Dykeman, W. Appalachia in context.--Shapiro, H. Appalachia and the idea of America.--Walls, D. On the naming of Appalachia.--Wilhelm, G. Appalachian isolation.--Sessions, R. The common bond.--Looff, D. Assisting Appalachian families.--Opie, J. A sense of place.--Jones, L. Old-time Baptists.--Mckinney, G. Industrialization and violence.--Young, C. Old Christmas in Appalachia.--Higgs, R. Versions of "natural man."--Abrams, W. A. Bringing in the sheaves.--Ritchie, J. Living is collecting.--Smith, B. N. The gap in oral tradition.--Moser, J. Friday at Parhams'.--O'Cain, R. and Hopkins, J. Southern mountain vocabulary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Published in 1977, this collection of essays was published to honor Cratis D. Williams upon his retirement from Appalachian State University. Williams was an influential scholar, folklorist, teacher, and administrator who spent much of his career focused on the Appalachian region. Edited by J. W. Williamson, contributors to the volume are Louie Brown, Ronald J. Eller, Alan J. Crain, Stephen Fisher, Wilma Dykeman, Henry Shapiro, David S. Walls, Gene Wilhelm Jr., Robert Paul Sessions, David Looff, John Opie, Loyal Jones, Gordon McKinney, Chester Young, Robert J. Higgs, Amos Abrams, Jean Ritchie, Betty N. Smith, Joan Moser, Raymond O'Cain, and John R. Hopkins. |
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