To save the land and people : a history of opposition to surface coal mining in Appalachia /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montrie, Chad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Temas:
Strip mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region.
Strip mining > Appalachian Region > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Appalachian Region.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Public opinion
Strip mining > Environmental aspects
Mines > Exploitation à ciel ouvert > Aspect de l'environnement > Appalaches (États-Unis)
Mines > Exploitation à ciel ouvert > États-Unis > Appalaches > Opinion publique.
Appalaches (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Appalachian Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Common people and private property
  • Making, taking, and stripping the land
  • Our country would be better fit for farming: opposition to surface coal mining in Ohio
  • Selfish interests: opposition to surface coal mining in Pennsylvania
  • We feel we have been forsaken: opposition to surface coal mining in Kentucky, 1954-1967
  • We will stop the bulldozers: opposition to surface coal mining in Kentucky, 1967-1972
  • The dilemma is a classic one: opposition to surface coal mining in West Virginia
  • Liberty in a wasteland is meaningless: strip mining opposition at the federal level, 1968-1972
  • Getting more and more cynical: decline of the opposition, 1973-1977
  • Against the little man like me: legalized destruction in the SMCRA era
  • Conclusion: Having to fight the whole system.

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