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A longer version of “Introduction: Ghosts, Boundaries, and
Names” was published as “Appalachian History: Regional
History in the Post-Modern Zone,”Appalachian Journal 28
(Winter 2001): 168–87. Used by permission.

Parts of Chapters 2, 3, and 4 appeared in the author's earlier
works,West Virginia and the Captains of Industry (Morgan-
town: West Virginia University Press, 1976; reprinted 1997)
and West Virginia: A History (1976; 2nd ed., Morgantown:
West Virginia University Press, 2001). Used by permission
of West Virginia University Press.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, John Alexander, 1938—
Appalachia: a history / John Alexander Williams.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2699-5 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8078-5368-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Appalachian Region—History. I. Title.
FIO6.w68 2002 974—dc21 2001052761

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