Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920
- ISBN-10
- 0807847062
- ISBN-13
- 9780807847060
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Ronald L. Lewis
Description
In 1880, ancient-growth forest still covered two-thirds of West Virginia, but by the 1920s lumbermen had denuded the entire region. Historian Ronald Lewis explores the transformation in these mountain counties precipitated by deforestation that left behind both environmental and human poverty. 32 illustrations.
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