| Down on Mahans Creek: A History of an Ozarks Neighborhood Contributor(s): Rader, Benjamin G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1682260194 ISBN-13: 9781682260197 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Social History - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| LCCN: 2016954397 |
| Series: Ozarks Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.68 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Down on Mahans Creek, Benjamin Rader provides a fascinating look at a neighborhood in the Missouri Ozarks from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. He explores the many ways in which Mahans Creek, though remote, was never completely isolated or self-sufficient. The residents were deeply affected by the Civil War, and the arrival of the railroad and the timber boom in the 1890s propelled the community into modern times, creating a more fast-paced and consumer-oriented way of life and a new moral sensibility. During the Great Depression the creek's residents returned to some of the older values for survival. After World War II, modern technology changed their lives again, causing a movement away from the countryside and to the nearby small towns. Down on Mahans Creek tells the dynamic story of this distinctive neighborhood navigating the push and pull of the old and new ways of life. |