Luke Manget
Biographic Data
| ID | 5166835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luke Manget |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luke |
| FAMILY NAME | Manget |
| SIGNATURE | MANGET L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Carolina University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers
Labor history has long been one of the primary lenses through which scholars have explored Appalachian history in the twentieth century. Much of that scholarly attention has focused on workers in extractive and manufacturing industries in the first half of the century, with male coal miners assuming the starring role. In his latest book, A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers, John Hennen broadens the cast of characters in this grand drama to…
The People's Property”
In the mid-twentieth century, blueberries became one of American agriculture's small-fruit success stories. Some three decades of collaborative experiments involving federal and state governments and entrepreneurial farmers had unlocked the secrets of cultivating a berry that both consumers and farmers liked. Contrary to conventional thought, however, this was not the beginning of the blueberry industry in the United States. It was, rather, its t…
American Chestnut
The reintroduction of the American chestnut to North American forests is currently facing a “critical step,” according to the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF). The US Department of Agriculture is reviewing an application from SUNY's School of Environmental Science and Forestry to deregulate a genetically engineered chestnut tree, nicknamed Darling 58, that shows promise in resisting the Cryphonectria parasitica fungus, known as chestnut blight…
Nature’s Emporium
From the 1840s through the end of the nineteenth century, the southern Appalachian region emerged as the United States’ most important supplier of so-called crude botanical drugs to the growing pharmaceutical industry centered in the northeastern and Midwestern United States. This article investigates the role of ecology, markets, and local culture in sustaining this trend. It argues that mountain entrepreneurs and the remarkable biodiversity of …
Nature’s Emporium
From the 1840s through the end of the nineteenth century, the southern Appalachian region emerged as the United States’ most important supplier of so-called crude botanical drugs to the growing pharmaceutical industry centered in the northeastern and Midwestern United States. This article investigates the role of ecology, markets, and local culture in sustaining this trend. It argues that mountain entrepreneurs and the remarkable biodiversity of …
Nature’s Emporium
From the 1840s through the end of the nineteenth century, the southern Appalachian region emerged as the United States’ most important supplier of so-called crude botanical drugs to the growing pharmaceutical industry centered in the northeastern and Midwestern United States. This article investigates the role of ecology, markets, and local culture in sustaining this trend. It argues that mountain entrepreneurs and the remarkable biodiversity of …
American Chestnut
The reintroduction of the American chestnut to North American forests is currently facing a “critical step,” according to the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF). The US Department of Agriculture is reviewing an application from SUNY's School of Environmental Science and Forestry to deregulate a genetically engineered chestnut tree, nicknamed Darling 58, that shows promise in resisting the Cryphonectria parasitica fungus, known as chestnut blight…
A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers
Labor history has long been one of the primary lenses through which scholars have explored Appalachian history in the twentieth century. Much of that scholarly attention has focused on workers in extractive and manufacturing industries in the first half of the century, with male coal miners assuming the starring role. In his latest book, A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers, John Hennen broadens the cast of characters in this grand drama to…
The People's Property”
In the mid-twentieth century, blueberries became one of American agriculture's small-fruit success stories. Some three decades of collaborative experiments involving federal and state governments and entrepreneurial farmers had unlocked the secrets of cultivating a berry that both consumers and farmers liked. Contrary to conventional thought, however, this was not the beginning of the blueberry industry in the United States. It was, rather, its t…
American History and Culture (2 works) · Appalachia (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Commons (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 works) · American history (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Appalachian Studies and Mathematics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)