McNeil, Bryan T.

Combating mountaintop removal : new directions in the fight against big coal / Bryan T. McNeil. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Welcome to coal river -- Fighting back, again -- What are we fighting for? -- Strained solidarities -- The chase -- Whose development is it? -- Gender, solidarity, and symbolic capital -- Commons environmentalism and community activism -- Conclusion: John Henry, efficiency, and community.



9780252093463


Mountaintop removal mining--Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects--Appalachian Region.
Landscape protection--Citizen participation.--Appalachian Region
Community activists--Appalachian Region.
Environmentalists--Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining--Environmental aspects--Appalachian Region.
Community activists--Appalachian Region.
Environmentalists--Appalachian Region.
Landscape protection--Appalachian Region--Citizen participation.
Mountaintop removal mining--Appalachian Region.


Electronic Books.

TD195 / .C663 2011