Nan K. Chase

Asheville

A History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780786431762
• ISBN-10: 0786431768
• Artikelnr.: 23018619

Autorenporträt

Freelance writer Nan K. Chase lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian, Our State and Southern Living among others.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction     
PART I
1. "The glowing summer-heart of the woods"           
2. The Livestock Years     
3. The Asheville Style     
4. The Vanderbilt Years: Asheville's Gold Standard     
5. Fever     
PART II
6. "Lion in a cage": Asheville's Great Depression     
7. Sticks and Stones: Race and Architecture in Asheville     
8. The Spreading Malaise     
PART III
9. Lumbering Phoenix     
10. Hoppin' 'n' Poppin'     
11. The Day After Tomorrow     
PART IV
Appendix A: Early Asheville Newspaper Sources     
Appendix B: Cherokee Recipes     
Appendix C: All Souls Episcopal Church     
Appendix D: Buildings Designed by Richard Sharp Smith     
Appendix E: Riverside Cemetery     
Appendix F: Biltmore Industries     
Appendix G: Grovemont-on-Swannanoa     
Appendix H: Land and Forest Reclamation     
Appendix I: Buildings Designed by Douglas D. Ellington     
Appendix J: Tuberculosis and Sanitation Concerns     
Appendix K: Official Schedule of Events of the Seventh Annual
Rhododendron Festival, June 11-15, 1934     
Appendix L: Rayon Production at Enka     
Appendix M: Impressions of the Program, Negro Music Festival, July
1934     
Appendix N: From the Julian Price Papers     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index