The North Georgia Forty
The North Georgia Forty By Gregg Jones Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, p. 13 Their rallying cry is “Keep public lands in public hands,” and Dr. Phillip Greear hopes it will help save national forest land from the auction block.
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Reaping What We Sow
Reaping What We Sow By Cary Fowler Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 14-18 American agriculture is imported. All the major food crops grown in North America originated elsewhere. It is believed that agriculture began independently in Southwest and East
Steven Hahn, The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeomen Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Steven Hahn, The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeomen Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. By Bess Beatty Vol. 6, No. 2, 1984, pp. 14-16 When Frank Owsley completed his study, The
This Land, This South
This Land, This South Reviewed by Edward L. Ayers Vol. 6, No. 4, 1984, pp. 22-23 This Land, This South: An Environmental History by Albert E. Cowdrey. University of Kentucky Press, 1983. 236 pp. $23.00 The land has always set
Tending Our Gardens
Tending Our Gardens By Tom Hatley Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 18-24 I. My grandparents grew two kinds of sweet potatoes in back of their farmhouse in central North Carolina. The main staple was the orange-skinned type, so much
Figures of Speech: Fish We’ve Never Seen
Figures of Speech: Fish We’ve Never Seen By Allen Tullos, Photographs byTom Rankin Vol. 7, No. 3, 1985, pp. 10-21 An annual highlight of the late summer in Fayetteville, North Carolina and neighboring Fort Bragg, the United States Army’s Heat
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter Reviewed by Peter H. Wood Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 21-24 Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter by Theodore Rosengarten. With the Journal of Thomas B. Chaplin (1822-1890). New York: William Morrow and
Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry
Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry By Dale Rosengarten Vol. 8, No. 6, 1986, pp. 17-24 Coiled sea grass basketry flourishes today in the tidewater region of South Carolina. In all seasons, or any given
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H.L. Mitchell A Lifetime of Organizing and Hell-Raising
H.L. Mitchell A Lifetime of Organizing and Hell-Raising By Mike Land Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 3-7 The way H.L. Mitchell figures it, the central mission of his life has been to “raise hell.” “I always believed that if
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Texas Finds Home-Grown Is Best
Texas Finds Home-Grown Is Best By Jim Hightower Vol. 9, No. 3, 1987, pp. 9-15 Everybody, of course, is all for economic development, but traditionally what that has meant is economic development for the few and the rest of you