Rural Appalachia in the Nineteenth Century

1. Rural, but Not Isolated--Appalachia in the Mainstream
2. A People on the Move--Frontier Expansion
   1. "Older Appalachia"--The Valley
   2. "Intermediate Appalachia"--The Blue Ridge and the Cherokee Country
   3. "Newer Appalachia"--The Allegheny/Cumberland Plateau
3. Appalachian Rural Society as "American"--The "Yeoman" Myth
   1. Unequal Wealth Distribution
   2. Tenancy
4. Agricultural Geography
   1. A Small-Farming Region
      1. Large Tracts, Small Fields--"Slash-and-Burn" Clearing
      2. Crop Mix--The "Pennsylvania Model"
         1. Corn and Small Grains
         2. Hunting and Gathering
         3. Livestock
      3. Objective--"Independence"
   2. The Market Economy--Complementarity With Plantation South
      1. The Grain Trade
      2. The Livestock Trade
         1. Direct--the Drives
         2. Indirect--supplying the Drives
5. Commerce Off the Farm
   1. Provisioning Travelers
   2. Resorts--Western North Carolina and Western Virginia
6. The Promise of Progress