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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 2| Main Title | Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Burns, Shirley Stewart. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | West Virginia University Press, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 141385439 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 1933202173 (pbk.); 9781933202174 (pbk.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Coal mines and mining--West Virginia ; Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia ; Strip mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia ; Mountaintop removal mining--Environmental aspects--West Virginia ; Mountaintop removal mining--Economic aspects--West Virginia | ||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Collation | xvii, 214 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction: Open for business: the shameful legacy of natural resource extraction -- Making molehills out of mountains: power relationships and the rise of strip mining in southern West Virginia -- Solidarity forever? the UMWA and southern West Virginia --To dance with the devil: the social impact of MTR -- "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"; the political economy of coal -- Showdown in Charleston: the judicial system and MTR -- "Show me where to put my fishing pole": the environmental impact of MTR -- Appendix: 1. An excerpt from John D. Rockefeller's "citizens to abolish surface mining" speech -- 2. Coal impoundments found in the nine southern coalfield counties of West Virginia -- Coal-slurry spill information for the nine southern coalfield counties of West Virginia. |