Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / Shirley Stewart Burns.
Burns, Shirley Stewart.
2007
HD9547.W4 B87 2007 (Mapit)
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Title Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / Shirley Stewart Burns.
Author Burns, Shirley Stewart.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781933202174 (pbk.)
1933202173 (pbk.)
Publication Details Morgantown, W.Va. : West Virginia University Press, c2007
Language English
Description xvii, 214 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Call Number HD9547.W4 B87 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.2/724/0974
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index.
Series West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 5
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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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.

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