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Standing our ground women, environmental justice, and the fight to end mountaintop removal

Title
Standing our ground [electronic resource] : women, environmental justice, and the fight to end mountaintop removal / Joyce M. Barry.
Author
Barry, Joyce M.
Publication
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2012.

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Details

Description
1 online resource (xii, 190 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Statement
Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia
Uniform Title
Standing our ground (Online)
Alternative Title
Standing our ground (Online)
Subject
  • Environmental justice > Appalachian Region
  • Women > Political activity > Appalachian Region
  • Mountaintop removal mining > Social aspects > Appalachian Region
  • Landscape protection > Appalachian Region > Citizen participation
  • Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region
  • Community activists > Appalachian Region
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Living in a sacrifice zone: gender, the political economy of coal, and anti-mountaintop removal activism -- Gender and anti-mountaintop removal activism : expanding the environmental justice framework -- Remembering the past, working for the future : West Virginia women fight for sustainable communities and environmental heritage -- Saving the endangered hillbilly : Appalachian stereotypes and cultural identity in the anti-mountaintop removal movement -- Situating the particular and the universal: gender, environmental justice, and mountaintop removal in a global context.
LCCN
2012027267
OCLC
ssj0000713840
Author
Barry, Joyce M.
Title
Standing our ground [electronic resource] : women, environmental justice, and the fight to end mountaintop removal / Joyce M. Barry.
Imprint
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2012.
Series
Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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