TY - GEN AU - Van Noppen,Ina Woestemeyer AU - Van Noppen,John J. TI - Western North Carolina Since the Civil War PY - 1973/// PB - Appalachian State University KW - Regional studies KW - bicssc KW - Social Science KW - Regional Studies N1 - Open Access N2 - No region has undergone more dramatic changes in the last century than Western North Carolina. Published in 1973, Western North Carolina Since the Civil War takes a look at mountain people in Western North Carolina and their uniquely structured economic, political, social, and cultural systems. The Van Noppens specifically explore different qualities of the mountain people such as their institutions, traditions, customs, and arts and crafts. Beginning with a dark period of social and economic disintegration after the end of the Civil War, the study traces the mountain peoples' lives from isolation to economic booms all while maintaining their traditions and cultural heritage UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47623/1/external_content.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47623/1/external_content.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47623/1/external_content.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64312 ER -