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Time and Terrain

57 min

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New Green World

57 min

Mountain Revolutions

57 min

Power and Place

57 min

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People

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New Green World

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Apr 16, 2009

Two cultures, Native American and European, collide in a struggle for control of the mountains. In the conquest of new land, first come the surveyors and mapmakers, including young George Washington, then come the road and cabin builders. From ecologists, anthropologists, and geographers, we hear of the vast differences between the Native American and the European perceptions of the land and its resources, all of which comes to a head when gold is discovered in 1828 in the mountains of Georgia. Once again, geology is destiny. We see a new inhabitant, the pioneer, carving out a life on the Appalachia frontier, coming to terms with the wilderness, and creating a way of life unique to the mountains, one which will endure in different forms through the centuries.

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Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People

TV Series

200957m

Documentary

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New Green World

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Apr 16, 2009

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