Book ID: CBB868770920

A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks (2018)

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Blevins, Brooks (Author)


University of Illinois Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 312
Language: English

Winner of the Missouri History Book Award, from the State Historical Society of Missouri Winner of the Arkansiana Award, from the Arkansas Library Association Geologic forces raised the Ozarks. Myth enshrouds these hills. Human beings shaped them and were shaped by them. The Ozarks reflect the epic tableau of the American people—the native Osage and would-be colonial conquerors, the determined settlers and on-the-make speculators, the endless labors of hardscrabble farmers and capitalism of visionary entrepreneurs. The Old Ozarks is the first volume of a monumental three-part history of the region and its inhabitants. Brooks Blevins begins in deep prehistory, charting how these highlands of granite, dolomite, and limestone came to exist. From there he turns to the political and economic motivations behind the eagerness of many peoples to possess the Ozarks. Blevins places these early proto-Ozarkers within the context of larger American history and the economic, social, and political forces that drove it forward. But he also tells the varied and colorful human stories that fill the region's storied past—and contribute to the powerful myths and misunderstandings that even today distort our views of the Ozarks' places and people. A sweeping history in the grand tradition, A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks is essential reading for anyone who cares about the highland heart of America.

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Review Brian C Campbell (October 2019) Review of "A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks". Environmental History (pp. 811-813). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Stith, Matthew M.
Ross J. Wilson
Moynihan, Thomas
Grant, Iain Hamilton
Shick, John Malcolm
R. Alfred Vick
Concepts
Natural history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Geology
Nature
Mountains
Paleontology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
Modern
20th century, early
Places
United States
Oklahoma (U.S.)
Missouri (U.S.)
Alps (Europe)
Arkansas (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Institutions
United States. National Park Service
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