03057nam 2200625Ia 450 991081355760332120240405000653.00-8214-4428-X(CKB)2550000000085797(EBL)1743727(OCoLC)884016998(SSID)ssj0000599581(PQKBManifestationID)11941402(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599581(PQKBWorkID)10596397(PQKB)10947445(MiAaPQ)EBC1743727(OCoLC)774956303(MdBmJHUP)muse15918(Au-PeEL)EBL1743727(CaPaEBR)ebr10524504(EXLCZ)99255000000008579720110527d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMountains of injustice social and environmental justice in Appalachia /edited by Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. Buckley ; foreword by Donald Edward Davis ; afterword by Jedediah S. Purdy1st ed.Athens Ohio University Pressc20111 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8214-2043-7 0-8214-1980-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThrough 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.Environmental justiceAppalachian RegionSocial justiceAppalachian RegionAppalachian RegionEnvironmental conditionsAppalachian RegionSocial conditionsEnvironmental justiceSocial justice363.700974Morrone Michele1962-1203728Buckley Geoffrey L.1965-1677716MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813557603321Mountains of injustice4044810UNINA