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THE REVIEWER
Ted Olson, PhD, is a professor of both Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. He has received nine Grammy nominations for his research into Appalachian music history, and in 2021, he received the highest honor of the East Tennessee Historical Society, the Ramsey Award for Lifetime Achievement. Olson has been a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2008); President of the Tennessee Folklore Society (2003–2005); Co-chair of the curatorial committee for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s “Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony” exhibition (2003); and more recently, Co-producer and Co-host of Sepia Tones, a podcast series on Black Appalachian music for the Great Smoky Mountains Association.
Abstract
Ted Olson, PhD, is a professor of both Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. In this piece, he reviews Professor Judah Schept's Coal, Cages, Crisis: The Rise of the Prison Economy in Central Appalachia and discusses the impacts of incarceration on the health of Appalachia and on its residents more broadly.
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https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0503.08
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Olson T. Review of: Coal, cages, crisis: The rise of the prison economy in Central Appalachia. J Appalach Health 2023;5(3):103–108. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/jah.0503.08
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