After Coal
Stories of Survival in Appalachia and Wales
West Virginia University Press · Print & ebook · October 5, 2018
What happens when fossil fuels run out?
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- Who it’s for
- Interviews and photographs trace how coalfield communities in Appalachia and Wales navigate coal’s decline.
- Themes
- Post-coal community regeneration, Exchange between mining communities, Labor, environment, and social justice
- Genres
- Regional Studies, Labor & Industrial Relations, Southern U.S. History
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What happens when fossil fuels run out? How do communities and cultures survive? Central Appalachia and south Wales were built to extract coal, and faced with coal’s decline, both regions have experienced economic depression, labor unrest, and out-migration. After Coal focuses on coalfield residents who chose not to leave, but instead remained in their communities and worked to build a diverse and sustainable economy.
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It tells the story of four decades of exchange between two mining communities on opposite sides of the Atlantic, and profiles individuals and organizations that are undertaking the critical work of regeneration. The stories in this book are told through interviews and photographs collected during the making of After Coal, a documentary film produced by the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University and directed by Tom Hansell. Considering resonances between Appalachia and Wales in the realms of labor, environment, and movements for social justice, the book approaches the transition from coal as an opportunity for marginalized people around the world to work toward safer and more egalitarian futures.
Appalachia and Wales
Interviews and photographs trace how coalfield communities in Appalachia and Wales navigate coal’s decline.
Come here for
- Four decades of exchange between coal communities in Appalachia and Wales
- Profiles of residents and organizations working on economic regeneration
Expect
- Stories of residents who stayed and worked to build diverse, sustainable economies
- Connections between labor, environment, and social justice
Where it sits
| Regional Studies | 34% |
|---|---|
| Labor & Industrial Relations | 22% |
| Southern U.S. History | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Welsh History
- Southern U.S. History
- Labor & Industrial Relations
- Social Class
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- Fossil Fuel Energy
- Authors
- Tom Hansell
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Published
- October 5, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Post-coal community regeneration · Exchange between mining communities · Labor, environment, and social justice
- Reading lane
- Welsh History