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Luke Manget

Appalachian South and the Environment

Graduate Student
MA, Western Carolina University, 2011

Office: 109 LeConte
tlmanget@uga.edu

A graduate of Rockdale County High School near Atlanta, Luke received his B.S. from Georgia Tech in 2003 and was a four-year starter on the football team. After a brief stint with the New Orleans Saints, he moved to western North Carolina where he worked as a newspaper reporter and high school social studies teacher/soccer coach. He has been married seven years to Natalie and has two sons, Henry (4 yrs) and Charlie (10 mos.).

Research and Teaching Interests

[Capitalism]
[Environment & Agriculture]
[U.S. South]

Selected Publications

"Sanging in the Mountains: The Ginseng Economy in the Southern Appalachians, 1865-1900," Appalachian Journal (forthcoming)

"Loyalty in the Backcountry: How a Forged Letter Turned the Tide of the American Revolution in the South," Tuckasegee Valley Historical Review (forthcoming)