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Ducktown smoke the fight over one of the South's greatest environmental disasters

Title
Ducktown smoke [electronic resource] : the fight over one of the South's greatest environmental disasters / Duncan Maysilles.
Author
Maysilles, Duncan.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 333 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Ducktown smoke (Online)
Alternative Title
Ducktown smoke (Online)
Subject
  • Liability for environmental damages > Appalachian Region, Southern
  • Liability for environmental damages > Tennessee > Ducktown Region (Polk County)
  • Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern
  • Copper mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Tennessee > Ducktown Region (Polk County)
  • Environmental disasters > Appalachian Region, Southern
  • Environmental disasters > Tennessee > Ducktown Region (Polk County)
  • Georgia > Trials, litigation, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction : the view from the mountain -- The setting, the Cherokees, and the first era of Ducktown mining, 1843-1878 -- The revival of Ducktown mining and the first smoke suits, 1890-1903 -- The farmers and the copper companies wage battle in the Tennessee courts -- Georgia enters the fray -- The Ducktown desert and Georgia's first smoke suit -- Will Shippen, forestry, and Georgia's second smoke suit, 1905-1907 -- Attorney general Hart, the National Farmers Union, and the search for a remedy, 1907-1910 -- The smoke injunction and the great war, 1914-1918 -- Power dams, whitewater rafting, and the reclamation of the Ducktown desert, 1916-2010 -- Epilogue : the view from the mountain.
LCCN
2010047549
OCLC
ssj0000522143
Author
Maysilles, Duncan.
Title
Ducktown smoke [electronic resource] : the fight over one of the South's greatest environmental disasters / Duncan Maysilles.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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