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Bringing down the mountains: the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004
Shirley Stewart Burns
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page XIII)
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List of Abbreviations (page XVII)
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Introduction Open for Business: The Shameful Legacy of Natural Resource Extraction (page 1)
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Chapter 1 Making Molehills out of Mountains: Power Relationships and the Rise of Strip Mining in Southern West Virginia (page 9)
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Chapter 2 Solidarity Forever? The UMWA and Southern West Virginia (page 19)
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Chapter 3 To Dance with the Devil: The Social Impact of MTR (page 33)
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Chapter 4 "You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours": The Political Economy of Coal (page 60)
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Chapter 5 Showdown in Charleston: The Judicial System and MTR (page 99)
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Chapter 6 "Show Me Where to Put My Fishing Pole": The Environmental Impact of MTR (page 118)
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Epilogue Requiem for the Mountains? Central Appalachian Coalfields at a Crossroad (page 141)
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Notes (page 144)
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Bibliography (page 185)
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Index (page 211)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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TC | 50.3 (Jul. 2009): 701-703 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40345755 |
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Published: 2007
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- 9781933202174 (paper)
- 9781933202990 (ebook)