Healing Appalachia: sustainable living through appropriate technology
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Main Author: Fritsch, Albert J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington University Press of Kentucky ©2007
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-421) and index
Healing Appalachia is the first book to apply "appropriate technology," or the simplest level of technology that can effectively achieve the desired result, specifically to the Appalachian region. The authors examine thirty low-cost, people-friendly, and environmentally benign appropriate technologies that are concerned with such issues as food preservation, land use, shelter, and transportation. They pay close attention to the practicality of each technique according to affordability, ease of use, and ecological soundness. Details on construction and maintenance and resources for locating fur
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 435 pages)
ISBN:0813139007
0813172179
9780813139005
9780813172170

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