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" Healing Appalachia : "
Al Fritsch and Paul Gallimore.
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BL
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1001772
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b756142
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Fritsch, Albert J.
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Healing Appalachia : : sustainable living through appropriate technology /\ Al Fritsch and Paul Gallimore.
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Lexington :: University Press of Kentucky,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xvi, 435 pages) :: illustrations
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0813139007
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: 0813172179
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: 1283233088
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: 9780813172170
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: 9781283233088
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: 9786613233080
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081312431X
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0813191777
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9780813124315
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9780813191775
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-421) and index.
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| Abstract
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Healing Appalachia is the first book to apply "appropriate technology," or the simplest level of technology that can effectively achieve the desired result, specifically to the Appalachian region. The authors examine thirty low-cost, people-friendly, and environmentally benign appropriate technologies that are concerned with such issues as food preservation, land use, shelter, and transportation. They pay close attention to the practicality of each technique according to affordability, ease of use, and ecological soundness. Details on construction and maintenance and resources for locating fur.
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Appropriate technology-- Appalachian Region.
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Bioregionalism-- Appalachian Region.
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Environmental protection-- Appalachian Region.
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Green products.
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Sustainable living-- Appalachian Region.
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Appropriate technology.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Buildings-- Residential.
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Bioregionalism.
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Environmental protection.
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Green products.
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Sustainable living.
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Appalachian Region.
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| Dewey Classification
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728/.047
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T21.5.A67F75 2007eb
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Gallimore, Paul,1947-
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