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A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war

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Author:   Kenneth W. Noe
Publisher:   The University of Alabama Press
Imprint:   The University of Alabama Press
Edition:   First Edition, First ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780817350642

ISBN 10:   0817350640
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   30 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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A well-researched, insightful socioeconomic history of the region for the period circa 1850 to 1865.

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Kenneth W. Noe is the Draughon Professor of Southern History at Auburn University and author of The Civil War in Appalachia.

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