{"product_id":"who-owns-appalachia-landownership-and-its-impact-paperback","title":"Who Owns Appalachia?: Landownership and Its Impact - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAppalachian Land Ownership Task Force\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles C. Geisler\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong viewed as a problem in other countries, the ownership of land and resources is becoming an issue of mounting concern in the United States. Nowhere has it surfaced more dramatically than in the southern Appalachians where the exploitation of timber and mineral resources has been recently aggravated by the ravages of strip-mining and flash floods. This landmark study of the mountain region documents for the first time the full scale and extent of the ownership and control of the region's land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force\u003c\/b\u003e, a cooperative effort among communities, scholars, and individuals in the region, funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, performed the survey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles C. Geisler\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757789348128,"sku":"9780813150963","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/75282a6dd4c4deff91144ae5aba26dfc.webp?v=1780111850","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/who-owns-appalachia-landownership-and-its-impact-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}