Abstract

* Foreword Donald Edward Davis * Introduction: Environmental Justice and Appalachia Michele Morrone and Geoffrey L. Buckley * Part One. Perspectives * 1: The Theoretical Roots and Sociology of Environmental Justice in Appalachia Stephen J. Scanlan * 2: A Legacy of Extraction: Ethics in the Energy Landscape of Appalachia Brian Black * 3: Pollution or Poverty: The Dilemma of Industry in Appalachia Nancy Irwin Maxwell * Part Two. Citizen Action * 4: We Mean to Stop Them, One Way or Another: Coal, Power, and the Fight against Strip Mining in Appalachia Chad Montrie * 5: Commons Environmentalism Mobilized: The Western North Carolina Alliance and the Cut the Clearcutting! Campaign Kathryn Newfont * 6: Injustice in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons Waste: The Case of David Witherspoon, Inc. John Nolt * Part Three. In their Own Words * 7: Housewives from Hell: Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Facility Siting Michele Morrone and Wren Kruse * 8: Stories about Mountaintop Removal in the Appalachian Coalfields Geoffrey L. Buckley and Laura Allen * Afterword: An American Sacrifice Zone Jedediah S. Purdy * Contributors * Index

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