Appalachian Fall – Dispatches From Coal Country On What’s Ailing America
General:
Name: Appalachian Fall – Dispatches From Coal Country On What’s Ailing America
Format: epub
Size: 17.86 MB
Book:
Title: Appalachian Fall
Author: Jeff Young, The Ohio Valley Resource
Language: polski
Year: 2020
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Sociology, Nonfiction
Publisher: Tiller Press
ISBN: 9781982148874
Total pages: 256
Description:
A searing, on-the-ground examination of the coal industry-and the workers left behind-in the midst of an environmental crisis, addiction, and rising white nationalism.
The past few years have highlighted the paradox at the heart of coal country. Despite fueling a century of American progress, its people are being left behind, suffering from unemployment, addiction, and environmental crises often at greater rates than anywhere else in the country. But what if Appalachia’s troubles are just a taste of what the future holds for all of us?Appalachian Fall tells the captivating true story of coal communities on the leading edge of change. A group of local reporters known as the Ohio Valley ReSource shares the real-world impact these changes have had on what was once the heart and soul of America. Including stories about the miners striking in Harlan County after their company suddenly went bankrupt, bouncing their paychecks; the farmers tilling…
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