(028519) Foster, Stephen William. The Past Is Another Country: Representation, Historical Consciousness, And Resistance In The Blue Ridge. Berkeley, CA: Univ. Of California Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 262 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. Tries to answer some of the following questions about people living in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina: How do people resist the change brought about by uncontrolled development? How do they represent their culture to government agencies and corporate interests? How do they mobilize local knowledge to form a power base and to ensure self-determination? And how can ethnography describe the many facets of such problematic situations? ISBN: 0520062515 (Ashe County, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Mountains, Social Life and Customs)
