Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Graphic Content ix
4. Introduction: The Paradox of Coal- Fired Democracy 1
5. PART ONE Forging (1880– 1950)
6. CHAPTER I Civil War in the Coalfield State 17
7. CHAPTER II National Problem, National Obligation 46
8. CHAPTER III War and Peace 68
9. PART TWO Stasis (1950– 1969)
10. First Interlude: Between Deep Time and the Future 95
11. CHAPTER IV Atomic Menace 117
12. CHAPTER V An Inherent Danger of Explosion 138
13. PART THREE Renegotiation (1969– 1972)
14. Second Interlude: This Total- Energy Dream 173
15. CHAPTER VI Walk Out— Before They Carry You Out 186
16. CHAPTER VII If Letcher County Was a Pie . . . 211
17. CHAPTER VIII Jobs, Lives, and Land 237
18. PART FOUR Bounding (1973– 1981)
19. Third Interlude. East and West 263
20. CHAPTER IX Rights and Obligations 273
21. CHAPTER X Revolution of Declining Expectations 296
22. Conclusion: Energy Citizenship in Transition 325
23. Acknowledgments 333
24. Abbreviations 335
25. Notes 339
26. Index 415