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Author:

Scott, Rebecca R.

Title:

Removing mountains : extracting nature and identity in the Appalachian coalfields / Rebecca R. Scott.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Coal mines and mining--Social aspects--Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining--Social aspects--Appalachian Region.
Environmentalism--Appalachian Region.
Appalachians (People)
Appalachian Region--Social conditions.
Appalachian Region--Economic conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the logic of extraction -- Hillbillies and coal miners: representations of a national sacrifice zone -- Men moving mountains: coal mining masculinities and mountaintop removal -- The gendered politics of pro-mountaintop removal discourse -- ATVs in action: transgression, property rights, and tourism on the Hatfield-McCoy trail -- Coal heritage/coal history: Appalachia, America, and mountaintop removal -- Traces of history: "white" people, black coal -- Conclusion: coal facts.

ISBN:

0816666008 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816666003 (pb : alk. paper)
0816665990 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816665990 (hc : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010022014

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)