Foreword, William Ferris
An Appreciation, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Acknowledgments
Guide for Readers
Introduction

Section I
The Landscape

Geology
Section Editors: Don W. Byerly, University of Tennessee  
John J. Renton, West Virginia University

Ecology
Section Editor: George Constantz, Canaan Valley Institute  

Environment
Section Editors: Donald E. Davis, Dalton State College
Kevin E. O’Donnell, East Tennessee State University
 
 
Section II
The People

Family and Community
Section Editors: Shirley L. Stewart Burns, West Virginia University
Shaunna L. Scott, University of Kentucky
Deborah J. Thompson, University of Kentucky
Images and Icons
Section Editor: George Brosi, Berea Kentucky     
Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
Section Editor: Roberta M. Campbell, University of Cincinnati  
Settlement and Migration
Section Editor: Sheila R. Phipps, Appalachian State University  
Urban Appalachian Experience
Section Editors: Michael E. Maloney, Michael Maloney and Associates
Phillip J. Obermiller, Cincinnati, Ohio


Section III
Work and the Economy

Agriculture
Section Editors: Michael Best, Berea, Kentucky
Curtis W. Wood, Western Carolina University

Business, Industry, and Technology
Section Editors: Michael E. Birdwell, Tennessee Technological University
Jack Hurst, Lancaster, Tennessee   

Labor  
Section Editors: John C. Hennen, Morehead State University  
Ronald L. Lewis, West Virginia University

Tourism
Section Editor: Benita J. Howell, University of Tennessee      

Transportation
Section Editors: Mark L. Burton, Marshall University; Richard V. Hatcher,
Marshall University; Thomas Maraffa, Youngstown State University


Section IV
Cultural Traditions

Architecture
Section Editor: Carroll Van West, Middle Tennessee State University

Crafts
Section Editor: Kathleen Curtis Wilson, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Folklore and Folklife
Section Editor: Mary Hufford, University of Pennsylvania

Food and Cooking
Section Editor: Mark F. Sohn, Pikeville College

Humor
Section Editor: Loyal Jones, Berea, Kentucky

Language
Section Editors: Michael Montgomery, University of South Carolina

Literature
Section Editors: Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
Theresa Lloyd, East Tennessee State University

Music
Section Editor: Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University
Performing Arts

Section Editor: Robert H. Leonard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Religion
Section Editor: Howard Dorgan, Appalachian State University, Emeritus

Sports and Recreation
Section Editors: C. Robert Barnett, Marshall University
Michele Schiavone, Marshall University

Visual Arts
Section Editor: M. Anna Fariello, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 
Section V
Institutions

Cultural Institutions
Section Editor: Beverly B. Patterson, North Carolina Folklife Institute

Education
Section Editors: Alan J. DeYoung, University of Kentucky
Michele Glover, Western Carolina University
Mary Jean Ronan Herzog, Western Carolina University

Government
Section Editor: Gordon B. McKinney, Berea College

Health
Section Editors: Gary L. Burkett, East Tennessee State University
Richard P. Mulcahy, University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
Pamela M. Zahorik, East Tennessee State University

Media
Section Editors: Anthony Harkins, Western Kentucky University
Katherine E. Ledford, Gardner-Webb University
Douglas Reichert Powell, Columbia College Chicago