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Montrie Chad |
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Titolo |
To save the land and people [[electronic resource] ] : a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia / / Chad Montrie |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908781-2-0 |
0-8078-6263-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Strip mining - Environmental aspects - Appalachian Region |
Strip mining - Appalachian Region - Public opinion |
Public opinion - Appalachian Region |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments xi --Abbreviations xiii --Introduction. -- Common People and Private Property 1 --1 Making, Taking, and Stripping the Land 7 --2 Our Country Would BeBetter Fit for Farming: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Ohio 25 --3 Selfish Interests: -- Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Pennsylvania 43 --4 We Feel We Have Been Forsaken: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Kentucky, 1954-1967 61 --5 We Will Stop the Bulldozers: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Kentucky, 1967-1972 85 -- 6 The Dilemma Is a Classic One: Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in West Virginia 107 --7 Liberty in a Wasteland Is Meaningless: Strip Mining Opposition at the Federal Level, 1968-1972 127 --8 Getting More and More Cynical: Decline of the Opposition, 1973-1977 155 --9 Against the Little Man Like Me: Legalized Destruction in the SMCRA Era 181 --Conclusion. -- Having to Fight the Whole System 201 --Notes 207 -- Selected Bibliography 235 -- Index 241. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text charts the people's movement to ban strip mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement engaging in acts of sabotage. It highlights the role of farmers and working people in this |
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