"Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal" examines women s efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced. The Appalachian women featured in Barry s book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as the Coal River...
"Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal" examines women s efforts to end mountaintop removal coal...
Scholars of southern Appalachia have tended to focus their research on men, particularly white men. While there have been a few important studies of Appalachian women, no one book has offered a broad overview across time and place. With this collection, editors Connie Park Rice and Marie Tedesco redress this imbalance, telling the stories of these women and calling attention to the varied demographics of those who call the mountains home.
The essays that make up Women of the Mountain South contradict and debunk entrenched stereotypes of Appalachian women as poor and...
Scholars of southern Appalachia have tended to focus their research on men, particularly white men. While there have been a few important studies o...
Scholars of southern Appalachia have tended to focus their research on men, particularly white men. While there have been a few important studies of Appalachian women, no one book has offered a broad overview across time and place. With this collection, editors Connie Park Rice and Marie Tedesco redress this imbalance, telling the stories of these women and calling attention to the varied demographics of those who call the mountains home.
The essays that make up Women of the Mountain South contradict and debunk entrenched stereotypes of Appalachian women as poor and...
Scholars of southern Appalachia have tended to focus their research on men, particularly white men. While there have been a few important studies o...
Dolly Parton isn't just a country music superstar. She has built an empire. At the heart of that empire is Dollywood, a 150-acre fantasy land that hosts three million people a year. Parton's prodigious talent and incredible celebrity have allowed her to turn her hometown into one of the most popular tourist destinations in America.
Dolly Parton isn't just a country music superstar. She has built an empire. At the heart of that empire is Dollywood, a 150-acre fantasy land that hos...
