Powerlessness and Pollution in Alleghany County, Virginia: A Historical Analysis of Paternalism and Economic Coercion in Appalachia and its Relationship with Environmental Degradation
Alleghany County, an extractive community, has depended heavily upon a single paper mill known as MeadWestvaco for over a century. The purpose of this study is to explore the degree to which MeadWestvaco utilizes paternalism and economic coercion as forms of power to control and maintain community...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34783 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08262008-224810/ |