| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Urban and industrial environments
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Urban and industrial environments.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contextualizing the Case : Central Appalachia -- Micro-Level Processes and Social Movement Participation -- The Depletion of Social Capital in Coalfield Communities -- Identity and Environmental Justice Movement Participation -- Cognitive Liberation and Coal Industry Ideology -- Cognitive Liberation and Hidden Destruction in Central Appalachia -- Photovoice in Five Coalfield Communities -- Becoming, and Un-Becoming, an Activist. |
| Summary |
In the coal-mining region of Central Appalachia, mountaintop-removal mining and coal-industry-related flooding, water contamination, and illness have led to the emergence of a grassroots, women-driven environmental justice movement. But the number of local activists is small relative to the affected population, and recruiting movement participants from within the region is an ongoing challenge. In 'Fighting King Coal', Shannon Elizabeth Bell examines an understudied puzzle within social movement theory: why so few of the many people who suffer from industry-produced environmental hazards and pollution rise up to participate in social movements aimed at bringing about social justice and industry accountability. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental justice -- West Virginia.
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Environmental justice. |
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West Virginia. |
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Environmental health -- Social aspects -- West Virginia.
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Environmental health -- Social aspects. |
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Environmental health. |
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Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- West Virginia.
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Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects. |
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Coal mines and mining -- Health aspects -- West Virginia.
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Coal mines and mining -- Health aspects. |
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Coal mines and mining. |
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Environmental degradation -- Health aspects -- West Virginia.
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Environmental degradation -- Health aspects. |
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Environmental degradation. |
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Community activists -- West Virginia.
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Community activists. |
| Indexed Term |
ENVIRONMENT/General |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bell, Shannon Elizabeth. Fighting king coal. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2016 9780262034340 0262034344 (DLC) 2015038405 (OCoLC)928113920 |
| ISBN |
9780262333597 (electronic book) |
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0262333597 (electronic book) |
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9780262034340 (hardcover) |
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9780262528801 (paperback) |
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0262034344 |
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0262528800 |
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