Mountains of injustice : social and environmental justice in Appalachia /

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Other Authors: Morrone, Michele, 1962-, Buckley, Geoffrey L., 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Environmental justice and Appalachia / Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. Buckley
  • The theoretical roots and sociology of environmental justice in Appalachia / Stephen J. Scanlan
  • A legacy of extraction : ethics in the energy landscape of Appalachia / Brian Black
  • Pollution or poverty : the dilemma of industry in Appalachia / Nancy Irwin Maxwell
  • "We mean to stop them, one way or another" : coal, power, and the fight against strip mining in Appalachia / Chad Montrie
  • Commons environmentalism mobilized : the Western North Carolina alliance and the Cut the clearcutting! campaign / Kathryn Newfont
  • Injustice in the handling of nuclear weapons waste : the case of David Witherspoon, Inc. / John Nolt
  • Housewives from hell : perspectives on environmental justice and facility siting / Michele Morrone and Wren Kruse
  • Stories about mountaintop removal in the Appalachian coalfields / Geoffrey L. Buckley and Laura Allen
  • Afterword : An American sacrifice zone / Jedediah S. Purdy.