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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barry, Joyce M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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