In this era of globalization's ruthless deracination, place attachments have become increasingly ...

Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environme...

Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills;...

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than...

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than...

Appalachia first entered the American consciousness as a distinct region in the decades following...

Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environme...

Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills;...

Appalachia first entered the American consciousness as a distinct region in the decades following...

Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communit...

Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills;...