In 1900, the Appalachian region of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia began to change. The inhabitants were dependent on the resources of the rural land, but the arrival of railroads spawned industrialization. Over the next several decades, families moved down from the mountains into the valley of East Tennessee as workers took jobs in the developing urban centers. Country stores, twolane roads, and cornfields would eventually give way to cities, multilane highways, and new housing. The TriCitiesKingsport, Johnson City, and Bristolwere starting to form.In this carefully documented book, Tom Lee uses archival material, newspapers, memoirs, and current scholarship in Appalachian studies to examine the economic changes that took place in the TriCities region from 1900 to 1950. With modernization and urbanization, an urbanindustrial strategy of economic development evolved. The entry of extractive industry into the mountains established the power of the urban elite to shape rural life. Local businessmen saw the route to financial strength in the recruitment of lowwage industry. Workers left struggling farms for factory jobs. This urbanrural relationship supported the TriCities manufacturing economy and gave power to the areas elite. The New Deal and the Second World War broadened this relationship as federal funding sustained the economy. The advantages of urban centers after decades of development left rural communities on the verge of disappearance and dependent on...

Binding: Paperback;362 pages; Publisher: Longleaf Services on behalf of U of Tennessee Pres; Classification: HBJK; Weight: 576 g; Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 20

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