LEADER 03328nam 22006494a 450 001 9910780369403321 005 20230617030245.0 010 $a979-88-908781-2-0 010 $a0-8078-6263-0 035 $a(CKB)111087027917634 035 $a(EBL)413366 035 $a(OCoLC)476237156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191339 035 $a(PQKB)11015922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000696959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12226056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000696959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689966 035 $a(PQKB)21849019 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413366 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202620 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413366 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027917634 100 $a20020712d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo save the land and people$b[electronic resource] $ea history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia /$fChad Montrie 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5435-2 311 $a0-8078-2765-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index. 327 $aMachine 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aStrip mining$xEnvironmental aspects$zAppalachian Region 606 $aStrip mining$zAppalachian Region$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zAppalachian Region 615 0$aStrip mining$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aStrip mining$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a338.2/724/0974 700 $aMontrie$b Chad$01495675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780369403321 996 $aTo save the land and people$93822153 997 $aUNINA