1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779077303321

Titolo

Mountains of injustice [[electronic resource] ] : social and environmental justice in Appalachia / / edited by Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. Buckley ; foreword by Donald Edward Davis ; afterword by Jedediah S. Purdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8214-4428-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorroneMichele <1962->

BuckleyGeoffrey L. <1965->

Disciplina

363.700974

Soggetti

Environmental justice - Appalachian Region

Social justice - Appalachian Region

Appalachian Region Environmental conditions

Appalachian Region Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Introduction; Part 1 Perspectives; 1 The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia; 2 A Legacy of Extraction Ethics in the Energy Landscape of Appalachia; 3 Pollution or Poverty The Dilemma of Industry in Appalachia; Part 2 Citizen Action; 4 "We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another"Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia; 5 Commons Environmentalism Mobilized The Western North Carolina Alliance and the Cut the Clearcutting! Campaign; 6 Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste The Case of David Witherspoon, Inc.

Part 3 In Their Own Words7 Housewives from Hell Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Facility Siting; 8 Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields; Afterword: An American Sacrifice Zone; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through compelling stories and interviews with people who are fighting for environmental justice, <i>Mountains of Injustice</i> contributes to the ongoing debate over how to equitably distribute the long-term environmental costs and consequences of economic development.