Ducktown smoke : the fight over one of the south's greatest environmental disasters / Duncan Maysilles.

Author/creator Maysilles, Duncan
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 333 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects
Liability for environmental damages--Appalachian Region, Southern.
Liability for environmental damages--Tennessee. --Ducktown Region.
Copper mines and mining Environmental aspects--Tennessee. --Ducktown Region.
Georgia--Trials, litigation, etc.

Contents Introduction : the view from the mountain -- The setting, the Cherokees, and the first era of Ducktown mining, 1843-1878 -- The revival of Ducktown mining and the first smoke suits, 1890-1903 -- The farmers and the copper companies wage battle in the Tennessee courts -- Georgia enters the fray -- The Ducktown desert and Georgia's first smoke suit -- Will Shippen, forestry, and Georgia's second smoke suit, 1905-1907 -- Attorney general Hart, the National Farmers Union, and the search for a remedy, 1907-1910 -- The smoke injunction and the great war, 1914-1918 -- Power dams, whitewater rafting, and the reclamation of the Ducktown desert, 1916-2010 -- Epilogue : the view from the mountain.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010047549
ISBN9780807834596 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834599 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks KF1298 .M39 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold