Up to heaven and down to hell fracking, freedom, and community in an American town

"As different as we all are in situations, needs, and views, we hold the world in common. In this brilliant ethnography, Colin Jerolmack vividly highlights this basic environmental conundrum with his compelling account of the local conflicts over fracking in the countryside around Williamsport,...

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Main Author: Jerolmack, Colin (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Land of the Freehold
  • Billtown
  • Boomtown
  • The Fracking Lottery
  • My Land
  • The Public/Private Paradox
  • Indentured
  • Unmoored
  • Overruled
  • Town and Country
  • Our Land
  • Conclusion: Bust and Beyond.