Extraction, Ecology, Exploitation, and Oppression: The Political Economy of Coal in Appalachia

This thesis examines the social and ecological problems associated with mountaintop mining in central Appalachia. Theoretical insights from world system theorists and other political economists are used to trace the roots of these problems to the historical progression of different modes of extracti...

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Main Author: Wishart, William R.
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2007
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Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/217