I'm Afraid of That Water : A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis /

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"On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It...

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Other Authors: Lassiter, Luke E. (Editor), Hoey, Brian A., 1968- (Editor), Campbell, Elizabeth, 1962- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Drinking water > Contamination.
Disaster victims.
Coal preparation plants.
Chemical spills.
Eau potable > Contamination > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Deversements de produits chimiques > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Charbon > Preparation > Usines > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston.
Victimes de catastrophes > Virginie-Occidentale > Charleston > Entretiens.
Drinking water > Contamination > West Virginia > Charleston.
Chemical spills > West Virginia > Charleston.
Coal preparation plants > West Virginia > Charleston.
Disaster victims > West Virginia > Charleston > Interviews.
West Virginia > Charleston.
Interviews.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"On January 9, 2014, chemicals used for cleaning crushed coal poured into the public drinking water in Charleston, WV. This book tells a particular set of stories of this chemical spill and its aftermath, an unfolding water crisis that would lead to months, even years, of fear and distrust. It is both oral history and collaborative ethnography, jointly conceptualized, researched, and written by people-more than 50 in all-across various positions in both academe and local communities"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781949199383

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