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

• 作者: Montrie, Chad,
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• 稽核項: 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) :illustrations.
• 標題: Mines , Appalaches (États-Unis) Histoire. , Exploitation à ciel ouvertOpinion publique. , Strip mining Environmental aspects. , Strip mining Appalachian Region -- Public opinion. , Mines Exploitation à ciel ouvert -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Appalaches (États-Unis) , Appalachian Region. , Electronic book. , Strip mining Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries -- General. , Environmental aspects , Histoire. , Public opinion , Electronic books. , IndustriesGeneral. , Mines Exploitation à ciel ouvert -- États-Unis -- Appalaches -- Opinion publique. , Exploitation à ciel ouvertAspect de l'environnement , Strip mining , Appalaches (États-Unis) , Environmental aspects. , Public opinion Appalachian Region. , Public opinion.
• ISBN: 0807827657 , 9780807827659
• ISBN: 0807827657 , 9780807827659 , 0807854352 , 9780807854358
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• 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index. 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.
• 摘要: 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.
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