Something's rising : Appalachians fighting mountaintop removal /

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Something's Rising collects oral histories from a diverse group of individuals from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia who are fighting mountaintop removal, an ecologically devastating form of coal mining. Taken together, these voices stand as a testament of what it means to be an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: House, Silas, 1971-
Otros Autores: Howard, Jason, 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Temas:
Mountaintop removal mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Landscape protection > Appalachian Region, Southern > Citizen participation.
Environmentalism > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Celebrities > Appalachian Region, Southern > Interviews.
Déplacement de sommet (Mines) > Aspect de l'environnement > Appalaches (Sud)
Paysages > Protection > Appalaches (Sud) > Participation des citoyens.
Environnementalisme > Appalaches (Sud)
Célébrités > Appalaches (Sud) > Entretiens.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Celebrities
Ecology
Environmentalism
Landscape protection > Citizen participation
Appalachian Region, Southern > Environmental conditions.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions environnementales.
Southern Appalachian Region
Electronic books.
interviews.
Interviews
Interviews.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Lee Smith
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Jean Ritchie: the preservationist
  • Denise Giardina: Mother Jones's great-granddaughter
  • Bev May: little acts of greatness
  • Carl Shoupe: union made
  • Kathy Mattea: a light in the dark
  • Judy Bonds: the endangered hillbilly
  • Pat Hudson: called to action
  • Jack Spadaro: Appalachian patriot
  • Nathan Hall: a leader, not a follower
  • Anne Shelby and Jessie Lynne Keltner: holy ground
  • Larry Bush: the gathering storm
  • Appendix A: Text of the petition letter circulated by coal companies against the Stream Saver Bill
  • Appendix B: House Bill 164, the Stream Saver Bill, as introduced in February 2008
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index
  • About the authors.

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