Title Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / Shirley Stewart Burns.

Publication Info.	Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, [2007]
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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map.
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Series	West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 5
	West Virginia and Appalachia ; v. 5.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.
Contents	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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Subject	Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia.
	Coal mines and mining.
	West Virginia.
	Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- West Virginia.
	Coal mines and mining -- Environmental aspects.
	Strip mining -- Environmental aspects -- West Virginia.
	Strip mining -- Environmental aspects.
	Mountaintop removal mining -- Environmental aspects -- West Virginia.
	Mountaintop removal mining.
	Mountaintop removal mining -- Economic aspects -- West Virginia.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Burns, Shirley Stewart. Bringing down the mountains. 1st ed. Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, ©2007 1933202173 (DLC) 2007936477 (OCoLC)141385439
ISBN	9781933202990 (electronic book)
	1933202998 (electronic book)
	1933202173 (paperback)
	9781933202174 (paperback)

Title Bringing down the mountains : the impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970-2004 / Shirley Stewart Burns.

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