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there is no basis for the belief that historic or contemporary white Appalachians share a distinct culture informed by their homogenous ethnic heritage. In fact, fighting that myth has been the life’s work of many Appalachian historians.
Why then do people in East Tennessee always feel the need to distinguish themselves as different from Middle and West Tennessee? Why is their language different? Why the popularity of Bluegrass and folk songs rooted in a tradition traceable to the Scotland, Ireland, England or Wales?
Aaron’s 2024 Year in Books
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