| Asheville: A History (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Chase, Nan K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786431768 ISBN-13: 9780786431762 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 Annotation: Asheville, North Carolina, grew from humble beginnings as a hamlet for local livestock handlers to become one of the most culturally and artistically diverse cities in the South. The city experienced a quick rise to prosperity in the late 19th century under the influence of wealthy benefactors including George W. Vanderbilt and E.W. Grove. A devastating downturn during the Great Depression was followed by slow economic revitalization up until the late 1970s. In the 1990s, however Asheville entered boom time, a period that reestablished the city as a popular retreat for tourists, artists, and retirees. Here in this book is all the fascinating history of Asheville, complete with a rich array of photographs. Multiple appendices reveal details concerning many lesser-known aspects of Asheville's unique history, including city buildings designed by architects Richard Sharp Smith and Douglas D. Ellington, and city projects funded by philanthropist Julian Price. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 975.688 |
| LCCN: 2007022941 |
| Series: Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 7.02" W x 9.91" (1.14 lbs) 291 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Locality - Asheville, North Carolina |