Combating mountaintop removal :: new directions in the fight against big coal /

"Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, [this book] documents the changing relationships among te coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their br...

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1. Verfasser: McNeil, Bryan T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2011.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung:"Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, [this book] documents the changing relationships among te coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks. Drawing on ... testimonies of the hazrds of mountaintop removal in Boone County, Virginia ... McNeil shows how Appalachian community coalitions have fostered important connections in their opposition to coal mining practices. ..."--Jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252093463
0252093461
1283582848
9781283582841
9786613895295
6613895296

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