When the lights go out in Cheshire

Geographical Review

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-555

  Buckley, Geoffrey L ^a   Bain, Nancy R ^b   Swan, Donald L ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Electric Power; Coal; Company towns; Environmental justice; Ohio; Power plants

Indexed keywords

COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POWER PLANT;

CHESHIRE COUNTY; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747434854     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00380.x     Document Type: Article

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