03328nam 22006494a 450 991078036940332120230617030245.0979-88-908781-2-00-8078-6263-0(CKB)111087027917634(EBL)413366(OCoLC)476237156(SSID)ssj0000259807(PQKBManifestationID)11222522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259807(PQKBWorkID)10191339(PQKB)11015922(SSID)ssj0000696959(PQKBManifestationID)12226056(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696959(PQKBWorkID)10689966(PQKB)21849019(Au-PeEL)EBL413366(CaPaEBR)ebr10202620(CaONFJC)MIL929550(MiAaPQ)EBC413366(EXLCZ)9911108702791763420020712d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo save the land and people[electronic resource] a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia /Chad MontrieChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5435-2 0-8078-2765-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index.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.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 movement.Strip miningEnvironmental aspectsAppalachian RegionStrip miningAppalachian RegionPublic opinionPublic opinionAppalachian RegionStrip miningEnvironmental aspectsStrip miningPublic opinion.Public opinion338.2/724/0974Montrie Chad1495675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780369403321To save the land and people3822153UNINA