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A history of the Ozarks. Volume 3, the Ozarkers  Cover Image Book Book

A history of the Ozarks. Volume 3, the Ozarkers / by Brooks Blevins.

Summary:

Between the world wars, America embraced an image of the Ozarks as a remote land of hills and hollers. The popular imagination stereotyped Ozarkers as ridge runners, hillbillies, and pioneers--a cast of colorful throwbacks hostile to change. But the real Ozarks reflected a more complex reality. Brooks Blevins tells the cultural history of the Ozarks as a regional variation of an American story. As he shows, the experiences of the Ozarkers have not diverged from the currents of mainstream life as sharply or consistently as the mythmakers would have it. If much of the region seemed to trail behind by a generation, the time lag was rooted more in poverty and geographic barriers than a conscious rejection of the modern world and its progressive spirit. In fact, the minority who clung to the old days seemed exotic largely because their anachronistic ways clashed against the backdrop of the evolving region around them. Blevins explores how these people's disproportionate influence affected the creation of the idea of the Ozarks, and reveals the truer idea that exists at the intersection of myth and reality. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780252044052
  • ISBN: 0252044053
  • Physical Description: x, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Champaign, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date, and paging may vary
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-299) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Change and continuity -- Living off the land -- Industry and image -- Ozarks society -- Exposing the Ozarks -- Putting on a show -- Farm to factory.
Subject: History.
Ozark Mountains > History > 20th century.
Arkansas > Social life and customs.
United States > Ozark Mountains.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Informational works.
Illustrated works.

Available copies

  • 18 of 18 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Neosho Newton County. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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