Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians by Davis, Donald Edward
Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians by Davis, Donald Edward

Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians

A timely study of change in a complex environment, Where There Are Mountains explores the relationship between...
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Author: Donald Edward Davis
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Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians by Davis, Donald Edward

Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians

$101.75
Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians by Davis, Donald Edward

Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians

$101.75
Author: Donald Edward Davis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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.

Author: Donald Edward Davis
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 10/01/2020
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780820358383

About the Author

DONALD EDWARD DAVIS is an independent scholar, author, and former Fulbright fellow. He has authored or edited seven books, including Southern United States: An Environmental History. His second book, Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians, won the prestigious Philip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award. Davis was also the founding member of the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, serving as its president from 2005 to 2006. He is currently employed by the Harvard Forest as a part-time research scholar and lives in Washington, D.C.


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