Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Titolo: |
Mountains of injustice [[electronic resource] ] : social and environmental justice in Appalachia / / edited by Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. Buckley ; foreword by Donald Edward Davis ; afterword by Jedediah S. Purdy
![]() |
Pubblicazione: | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.700974 |
Soggetto topico: | Environmental justice - Appalachian Region |
Social justice - Appalachian Region | |
Soggetto geografico: | Appalachian Region Environmental conditions |
Appalachian Region Social conditions | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
MorroneMichele <1962->
![]() ![]() |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Through 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mountains of injustice ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8214-4428-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457261603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |