Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (1 volume)
ISBN:
9780813197746
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0813197740
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9780813197753
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0813197759
Serie:
Place matters: new directions in Appalachian studies
Inhalt:
"Rural life and culture hold a practical and symbolic importance in American society. A central tenet of the survival of our cherished values-and of ourselves as a species-is the stewardship of cultural diversity and the places that foster it, like rural America. These may be the places that teach us to use land to make a living and to make a life, to forge and carry on our identities, and to feel history. They may yield a harvest of policies for managing an environmental balancing act that will preserve essential resources for America's children's children. Power and Place: Preservation, Progress, and the Culture War over Land examines the ongoing culture wars that pit conservation against economic progress. For author Melinda Bollar Wagner, what began as a study of Appalachia's long-standing and continuing status as an energy sacrifice zone evolved into a twenty-four-year research project that sheds new light on the physical and emotional parameters of cultural attachment to land. Drawing on interviews with more than 220 residents from ten communities in five Appalachian counties, Power and Place gives voice to rural citizens whose place at the table is far from assured with regard to critical energy, environmental, and infrastructure decisions"-- Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. The Place of Power -- 2. The Loss: The Cultural Power of Place -- 3. Using Place to Establish Identity -- 4. Using Land to Make a Living and a Life -- 5. Using Place to Create and Maintain Historical Continuity -- 6. Using Place to Build and Maintain Living Community -- 7. Using Place to Teach Culture's Ways -- 8. Using Place to Confront Threats to the Environment and Culture -- 9. The Culture Wars, Anthropology, and the Law -- 10. Culture Wars Continued, Environmental Crises
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11. Cultural Conservation and Cultural Confrontations -- 12. Culture War Strategies -- Conclusion: Preservation versus Progress, Place versus Property -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Series Page
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wagner, Melinda Bollar Power and Place Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,c2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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