| Description |
xviii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In coal blood -- Mr. President, welcome to the Saudi Arabia of coal -- 4.5 hours : the choices we made -- In the name of the Shawnee : removing the Earth's liver -- Black diamonds, black lives : the entangled roots of slavery and coal -- Who killed the miners? : an anatomy of denial -- Black waters, black waters : the murder of Little Egypt -- The short swift time of clean coal on Earth : dirty coal has left the building. |
| Summary |
"Award-winning journalist and cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us on a journey into the secret history of coal mining in the American heartland. Set in the ruins of his family's strip-mined homestead in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois, Biggers delivers a deeply personal portrait of the largely overlooked human and environmental costs of our nation's dirty energy policy." "Reckoning at Eagle Creek digs deep into the tangled roots of the coal industry beginning with the policies of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, chronicling the removal of Native Americans and the hidden story of legally sanctioned black slavery in the land of Lincoln. It uncovers a century of regulatory negligence, vividly describing the epic mining wars for union recognition and workplace safety, and the devastating consequences of industrial strip-mining."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Coal mines and mining -- Illinois -- Eagle Creek Region -- History.
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Coal mines and mining. |
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Illinois. |
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History. |
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Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Eagle Creek Region -- History.
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Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects. |
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Shawnee National Forest Region (Ill.) -- History.
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Mountain life -- Illinois -- Eagle Creek Region -- History.
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Mountain life. |
| ISBN |
9781568584218 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1568584210 hardcover alkaline paper |
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