To save the land and people [[electronic resource] ] : a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia / / Chad Montrie
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To save the land and people [[electronic resource] ] : a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia / / Chad Montrie
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.2/724/0974 |
| Soggetto topico: | Strip mining - Environmental aspects - Appalachian Region |
| Strip mining - Appalachian Region - Public opinion | |
| Public opinion - Appalachian Region | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | To save the land and people |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908781-2-0 |
| 0-8078-6263-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780369403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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