To Save the Land and People
Subtitle: A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807827659
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Management of land & natural resources; Mining industry; Political activism; Science; Industries - Energy Industries; Environmental Science; Power Resources; Business / Economics / Finance; Public opinion; Nature/Ecology; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; Tennessee; Mining; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Industrial Health & Safety; Technology / Mining; Strip mining; Appalachian Region; Environmental aspects
First sentence: The Appalachian Mountains derive their name from the Apalachhe, a group of North American aboriginal people who once inhabited present-day northern Florida and southern Georgia.