Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: a mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment--all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. Hundreds of thousands of acres of ancient forested mountains have been "remove…
Illuminating the human and environmental catastrophe coal companies don't want you to see.
by Hooks, Bell
fromLiteratura norteamericana (E-libro)
A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history.
A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history. Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist, bell hooks is celebrated as one…
"Motivated by a deeply rooted sense of place and community, Appalachian women have long fought against the damaging effects of industrialization. In this collection of interviews, sociologist Shannon Elizabeth Bell presents the voices of twelve Central Appalachian women, environ…
Motivated by a deeply rooted sense of place and community, Appalachian women have long fought against the damaging effects of industrialization. In this collection of interviews, the author, a sociologist, presents the voices of twelve Central Appalachian women. These women are …
