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Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Moutaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities Paperback - 2007

by Shirley S. Burns

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Bringing Down the Mountains provides insight into how mountaintop removal has affected the people and the land of southern West Virginia. It examines the mechanization of the mining industry and the power relationships between coal interests, politicians, and the average citizen.

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  • Title Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Moutaintop Removal Surface Coal Mining on Southern West Virginia Communities
  • Author Shirley S. Burns
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 215
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher West Virginia University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2007-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781933202174 / 1933202173
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.91 x 6.15 x 0.61 in (22.63 x 15.62 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Coal mines and mining - West Virginia, Coal mines and mining - Environmental
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007936477
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.272

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  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2008, Page 7

About the author

Shirley Stewart Burns holds a BS in news-editorial journalism, a master's degree in social work, and a PhD in history with an Appalachian focus. A native of Wyoming County in the southern West Virginia coalfields and the daughter of an underground coal miner, she has a passionate interest in the communities, environment, and histories of the southern West Virginia coalfields. She lives in Charleston, West Virginia. She co-edited Coal Country: Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Mining with Mary-Lynn Evans and Silas House.

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