Where there be mountains : environmental and cultural change in the Appalachian South, 1500-1800

Author

Donald Edward Davis

Date of Award

12-1993

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Sociology

Major Professor

Donald A. Clellard

Committee Members

John P. Howard, Charles L. Cloland

Abstract

"Where There Be Mountains" is an ethnohistorical study of environmental and cultural change in the Appalachian South. Utilizing a large body of primary and secondary sources, and drawing on the methodology of several disciplines, the author documents the evolution of subsistence techniques, land-use patterns, and ecological cultural practices in the southern mountains from 1500 A.D. to 1800 A.D.. One of the main goals of the study was to demonstrate the environment's influence on the formation and development of Mississippian, Cherokee, and early European culture.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Donald Edward, "Where there be mountains : environmental and cultural change in the Appalachian South, 1500-1800. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1993.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/10660