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Standing our ground : women, environmental justice, and the fight to end mountaintop removal /
Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal sea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women's efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced. The Appalachian women featured in Barry's book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821444108 0821444107 0821419978 9780821419977 |