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200 10$aStanding our ground$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, environmental justice, and the fight to end mountaintop removal /$fJoyce M. Barry
210   $aAthens, Ohio $cOhio University Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (217 p.)
225  0$aOhio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8214-2132-8 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aLiving in a sacrifice zone: gender, the political economy of coal, and anti/mountaintop removal activism -- Gender and anti/mountaintop removal activism: expanding the environmental justice framework -- Remembering the past, working for the future: West Virginia women fight for sustainable communities and environmental heritage -- Saving the endangered hillbilly: Appalachian stereotypes and cultural identity in the anti/mountaintop removal movement -- Situating the particular and the universal: gender, environmental justice, and mountaintop removal in a global context.
330   $aStanding Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced.  The Appalachian women featured in Barry's book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as th
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