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Title: To Save the Land and People
Condition: New
Subtitle: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
Author: Chad Montrie
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780807854358
ISBN: 9780807854358
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Topic: Science Nature & Math, Law & Politics
Release Date: 31/03/2003
Description: Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement that engaged in acts of civil disobedience and industrial sabotage. Both comprehensive and comparative, To Save the Land and People chronicles the story of surface mining opposition in the whole region, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. Though many accounts of environmental activism focus on middle-class suburbanites and emphasize national events, the campaign to abolish strip mining was primarily a movement of farmers and working people, originating at the local and state levels. Its history underscores the significant role of common people and grassroots efforts in the American environmental movement. This book also contributes to a long-running debate about American values by revealing how veneration for small, private properties has shaped the political consciousness of strip mining opponents.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 146mm
Item Weight: 365g
Release Year: 2003

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