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1 online resource (217 pages)
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9780252093463
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Critically examining the fierce conflicts over an intense and increasingly prevalent form of strip mining, Combating Mountaintop Removal: New Directions in the Fight against Big Coal documents the changing relationships among the coal industry, communities, environment, and economy from the perspective of local grassroots activist organizations and their broader networks._x000B_Drawing on powerful personal testimonies of the hazards of mountaintop removal in Boone County, West Virginia, Bryan T. McNeil shows how Appalachian community coalitions have fostered important connections in their opposition to coal mining practices. Focusing on the organization Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW), the study reveals a turn away from once-strong labor unions. Citizens have turned to alternative forms of activism, centering mainly on the industry's effect on community and the environment._x000B_This shift represents an effort to address social issues in a new space outside of organized labor.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Worst Goddamn Thing I've Ever Seen -- 1. Welcome to Coal River -- 2. Fighting Back . . . Again -- 3. What Are We Fighting For? -- Part II. Banana Republic, Neoliberal Style -- 4. Strained Solidarities -- 5. The Chase -- 6. Whose Development Is It? -- Part III. Symbolic Capital, the Commons, and Community Activism -- 7. Gender, Solidarity, and Symbolic Capital -- 8. Commons Environmentalism and Community Activism -- Conclusion: John Henry, Efficiency, and Community -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN 9780252036439
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Print version Combating Mountaintop Removal : New Directions in the Fight Against Big Coal
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe McNeil, Bryan T. Combating mountaintop removal Urbana, Ill. [u.a.] : University of Illinois Press, 2012 ISBN 0252036433
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ISBN 9780252078972
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ISBN 9780252036439
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Appalachen
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Kohlenbergbau
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Umweltbelastung
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Umweltgefährdung
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Landschaftsschutz
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USA
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Kohlenbergwerk
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Tagebau
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Umweltfaktor
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