Night Comes to the Cumberlands : A Biography of a Depressed Area

Foreword vii Introduction ix PART I: The Wilderness Seed Our Disinherited Forebears 3(8) A Harsh New Land Becomes Home Sweet Home 11(24) PART II: A Land Divided The War 35(11) The Wars 46(6) The Things That Are More Excellent 52(9) PART III: The Coming of the Coal Men Trees 61(9) Coal 70(7) The Frontier a Century After 77(16) The Alabaster Cities 93(19) The Big Bosses 112(29) PART IV: Boom and Bust The Big Boom 141(12) Moonshine and Mayhem 153(12) The Great Depression 165(23) The Union Drives 188(18) The Legacy of the Thirties 206(13) PART V. The Second Boom From Bust to Boom Again 219(32) PART VI. Waste and Welfare Darkening Horizons 251(22) The Rise of the Welfare State 273(32) PART VII. The Purple Mountain Majesties The Rape of the Appalachians 305(20) The Scene Today 325(27) The Politics of Decay 352(13) PART VIII. The Future The Case for a Southern Mountain Authority 365(28) Postscript 393(12) Acknowledgments 405