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To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
Chad Montrie
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Description for To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
paperback. This text charts the people's movement to ban strip mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant movement engaging in acts of sabotage. It highlights the role of farmers and working people in this movement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KBBSN; JPW; KNAT; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854358
SKU
V9780807854358
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About Chad Montrie
Chad Montrie is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Reviews for To Save the Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
"Chad Montrie offers a look at real grassroots environmental activism by real people, showing a long-neglected dimension of American environmentalism.... A moving story." - Hal Rothman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas