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- Appalshop - Media collective documenting and preserving Appalachian culture and tradition while working to improve quality of life. Information about and from film, radio, theater, media, music recording, history, and events projects.
ns.appalshop.org
- Appropriating Appalachia: Southern Hillfolk in the American Mind, 1884-1941 - Scholarly essay on the romanticization of Appalachian music, crafts, and other folkways as a manifestation of Americans' desire to rediscover a common cultural heritage.
xroads.virginia.edu/~UG99/anderson/appalachia/intro.html
- Crafting Appalachian Identity: Regional Handicrafts and the Politics of Culture - Scholarly article on aspects of the preservation and promotion of the region's crafts traditions. Published in 1997.
www.history.upenn.edu/phr/spring97/ess1.html
- Jack and His Place in the Folktale Tradition - Scholarly essay about the American Jack Tales, which were first recorded in Appalachia.
athena.english.vt.edu/~appalach/stupages/jackfolk.htm
- My Appalachia - Collection of writing and photos about and from the region. Also includes interesting threads selected from the archives of the alt.appalachia newsgroup.
www.users.kih.net/~bunderwood
- The Word Appalachian - About the origins and pronunciation of "Appalachian."
www.fred.net/kathy/at/word.html
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