| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region
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Strip mining -- Appalachian Region -- Public opinion
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Public opinion -- Appalachian Region
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Public opinion
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Strip mining -- Environmental aspects
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Mines -- Exploitation à ciel ouvert -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Appalaches (États-Unis)
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Mines -- Exploitation à ciel ouvert -- États-Unis -- Appalaches -- Opinion publique.
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Appalaches (États-Unis) -- Histoire.
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Appalachian Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002010880 |
| ISBN |
0807862630 |
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9780807862636 |
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0807827657 |
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9780807827659 |
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