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Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / Shirley Stewart Burns.
Van Pelt Library TD195.S75 B87 2007
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LIBRA TD195.S75 B87 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burns, Shirley Stewart.
- Series:
- West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 5.
- West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia.
- Strip mining.
- Coal mines and mining--West Virginia.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Mountaintop removal mining.
- Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects.
- Strip mining--Environmental aspects.
- West Virginia.
- Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia.
- Mountaintop removal mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia.
- Mountaintop removal mining--Economic aspects--West Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 214 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown, W.Va. : West Virginia University Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Open for Business: The Shameful Legacy of Natural Resource Extraction 1
- Chapter 1 Making Molehills out of Mountains: Power Relationships and the Rise of Strip Mining in Southern West Virginia 9
- Chapter 2 Solidarity Forever? The UMWA and Southern West Virginia 19
- Chapter 3 To Dance with the Devil: The Social Impact of MTR 33
- Chapter 4 "You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours": The Political Economy of Coal 60
- Chapter 5 Showdown in Charleston: The Judicial System and MTR 99
- Chapter 6 "Show Me Where to Put My Fishing Pole": The Environmental Impact of MTR 118
- Epilogue: Requiem for the Mountains? Central Appalachian Coalfieids at a Crossroad 141
- Appendix 1 An excerpt from John D. Rockefeller's "Citizens to Abolish Surface Mining" Speech 200
- Appendix 2 Coal Impoundments Found in the Nine Southern Coalfield Counties of West Virginia 202
- Appendix 3 Coal-slurry Spill Information for the Nine Southern Coalfield Counties of West Virginia 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1933202173
- 9781933202174
- OCLC:
- 141385439
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