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The Life and Work of John C. Campbell

The Life and Work of John C. Campbell

Williams, Elizabeth M.
Campbell, Olive Dame

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralGeneral SociologyRegional: South

ISBN10: 0813168546
ISBN13: 9780813168548
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: Feb 17 2017
Pages: 720
Weight: 2.65
Height: 2.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

John C. Campbell (1867-1919) is widely considered to be a pioneer in the objective study of the complex world of Appalachian mountaineers. Thanks to a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, Campbell traveled throughout the region with his wife--noted social reformer and songcatcher Olive Dame Campbell--interviewing and profiling its people. His landmark work, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region, yet little has been published about the Campbells and their role in the sociological, educational, and cultural history of Appalachia.

Elizabeth McCutchen Williams has prepared the first critical edition of Olive Dame Campbell's comprehensive overview of her husband's life and work--a project left unfinished at the time of Olive's death. Never before published, this unique volume draws extensively on diary entries and personal letters to illuminate the significance and lasting impact of John C. Campbell's contributions. The result is a dynamic blend of biography and collected correspondence that presents an insightful portrait of the influential educator and reformer.

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