Bringing down the mountains: the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004
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1. Verfasser: Burns, Shirley Stewart (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia University Press ©2007
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:West Virginia and Appalachia v. 5
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index
Introduction: Open for business: the shameful legacy of natural resource extraction -- Making molehills out of mountains: power relationships and the rise of strip mining in southern West Virginia -- Solidarity forever? the UMWA and southern West Virginia --To dance with the devil: the social impact of MTR -- "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"; the political economy of coal -- Showdown in Charleston: the judicial system and MTR -- "Show me where to put my fishing pole": the environmental impact of MTR -- Appendix: 1. An excerpt from John D. Rockefeller's "citizens to abolish surface mining" speech -- 2. Coal impoundments found in the nine southern coalfield counties of West Virginia -- Coal-slurry spill information for the nine southern coalfield counties of West Virginia
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 214 pages, [14] pages of plates)
ISBN:9781933202990
1933202998

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