Mountains of Injustice : Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia.
Morrone, Michele.
Mountains of Injustice : Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages)
Intro -- Part one: Perspectives -- one: The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia -- two: A Legacy of Extraction -- three: Pollution or Poverty -- Part two: Citizen Action -- CHAPTER four: "We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another": Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia -- five: Commons Environmentalism Mobilized -- six: Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste -- Part three: In Their Own Words -- seven: Housewives from Hell -- eight: Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields -- Afterword: An American Sacrifice Zone -- Contributors.
Through compelling stories and interviews with people who are fighting for environmental justice, Mountains of Injustice contributes to the ongoing debate over how to equitably distribute the long-term environmental costs and consequences of economic development.
9780821444283
Environmental justice-Appalachian Region.
Social justice-Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region-Environmental conditions.
Appalachian Region-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
GE235.A13 M68 2011
363.700974
Mountains of Injustice : Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (291 pages)
Intro -- Part one: Perspectives -- one: The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia -- two: A Legacy of Extraction -- three: Pollution or Poverty -- Part two: Citizen Action -- CHAPTER four: "We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another": Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia -- five: Commons Environmentalism Mobilized -- six: Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste -- Part three: In Their Own Words -- seven: Housewives from Hell -- eight: Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields -- Afterword: An American Sacrifice Zone -- Contributors.
Through compelling stories and interviews with people who are fighting for environmental justice, Mountains of Injustice contributes to the ongoing debate over how to equitably distribute the long-term environmental costs and consequences of economic development.
9780821444283
Environmental justice-Appalachian Region.
Social justice-Appalachian Region.
Appalachian Region-Environmental conditions.
Appalachian Region-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
GE235.A13 M68 2011
363.700974