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About This Book
Drawing on extensive interviews he conducted with environmental activists across rural and urban Appalachia and the Midwest, Randy Cunningham analyzes what motivates activists, how they strategi ze, and what issues they encounter. An indispensable guide to the on-the-ground realities of environmental activism in contemporary America.
Randy Cunningham's Where We Live analyzes key aspects of environmental activism through the perspectives of those who know the field best: activists themselves. Each chapter grapples with a different topic. Readers thus come to know not only the stories of individuals and groups in their specific struggles. Cunningham's sharp analysis also enables readers to grasp how their struggles are related to one another. This book will be invaluable to activists looking for a better understanding of their own work as well as to historians, sociologists, and anthropologists conducting research on environmentalism in the contemporary United States. The book includes extensive documentation and endnotes.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Expendable People, Expendable Places
- 2 Jumping into Activism
- 3 Expert, Agitator, Educator
- 4 The Unhelping Hand of Regulatory Agencies
- 5 Frenemies
- 6 On the Front Line
- 7 The Treatment: Violence and Intimidation
- 8 When All Else Fails: Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
- 9 What Is Gained and What Is Lost
- Epilogue: Doing the Work That Matters
- Acknowledgments
- Resources
- Notes
- Back Cover