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I'm afraid of that water : a collaborative ethnography of a West Virginia water crisis / edited by Luke Eric Lassiter, Brian A. Hoey, Elizabeth Campbell ; in collaboration with coauthors Laura Harbert Allen, Jim Hatfield, Trish Hatfield, Emily Mayes, Joshua Mills, Cat Pleska, Gabe Schwartzman, and Jay Thomas ; with an afterword by Angie Rosser.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harbert Allen, Laura, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drinking water--Contamination--West Virginia--Charleston.
- Drinking water.
- Chemical spills--West Virginia--Charleston.
- Chemical spills.
- Coal preparation plants--West Virginia--Charleston.
- Coal preparation plants.
- Disaster victims--West Virginia--Charleston--Interviews.
- Disaster victims.
- Drinking water--Contamination.
- West Virginia--Charleston.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 255 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- I am afraid of that water
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I "I'm Afraid of That Water": A West Virginia Disaster and Water Crisis
- 1 The Elk River Spill: On Water and Trust p. 17 / Luke Eric Lassiter
- 2 Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Meaning and Context p. 49 / Brian A. Hoey
- 3 Toward a Collaborative Ethnography p. 76 / Luke Eric Lassiter
- 4 Chemical Spill Encountered p. 86 / Trish Hatfield
- Part II On Place: To Stay or Not to Stay
- 5 Blues BBQ p. 129 / Jay Thomas
- 6 Citizen Response: On Leaving and Staying p. 134 / Cat Pleska and Joshua Mills
- 7 In and Out of Appalachia p. 150 / Emily Mayes
- Exploring the (Human) Nature of Disaster: Impact and Responses p. 159 / Brian A. Hoey
- Part III On Making and Remaking Community
- 8 Activism and Community p. 187 / Jim Hatfield
- 9 WVWaterHistory.com and Producing Digital Resources on a Water Crisis p. 205 / Gabe Schwartzman
- 10 What Does a Water Crisis Sound Like? p. 210 / Laura Harbert Allen
- 11 Can We Trust the Water System Now? Some Updates p. 218 / Jim Hatfield.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9781949199383
- 194919938X
- Publisher Number:
- 40029856826
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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