Appalachian Aspirations
The Geography of Urbanization and Development in the Upper Tennessee River Valley, 1865-1900
In the fall of 1865, two Union officers stationed in East Tennessee during the Civil War--Hiram Chamberlain and John Wilder--decided to stay in the South to pursue business careers. They recognized potential in the untapped resources they had seen during military operations in this part of the state. Within the space of four years, Chamberlain and Wilder had recruited business partners, built an operating iron furnace in the Upper Tennessee River Valley (the Roane Iron Company), and established a company town at Rockwood, Tennessee. Twenty years later, in some parts of Appalachia, new planned towns were being established by land companies tha…
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- ISBN: 978-1-57233-562-2
- EAN: 9781572335622
- Produktnummer: 2763821
- Verlag: University of Tennessee Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.3 cm x D1.9 cm 417 g
- Gewicht: 417
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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