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Maysilles combines environmental and legal history in a comprehensive and powerful manner. This exceptional and enlightening book will be an extremely valuable addition to the literature exploring how courts dealt with pollution issues in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. --Joel Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law. -- The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians Maysilles's book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today's environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional le A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.--McCormick Messenger With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration. --H-Net Reviews A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests.--Southern Historian [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.--Choice Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study.--Appalachian Heritage An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians Maysilles's book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today's environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional legal history, as well as historians studying the New South period.--Journal of East Tennessee History [Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.--Journal of American History Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape.--North Carolina Historical Review This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law.--Journal of Southern History [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.-- Choice A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse. -- McCormick Messenger With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration. -- H-Net Reviews [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended. -- Choice Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study. -- Appalachian Heritage Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape. -- North Carolina Historical Review [Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia. -- Journal of American History This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law. -- Journal of Southern History A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests. -- Southern Historian Those interested in the evolution of U.S. environmental policy will also find this book a welcomed addition to the literature. - Tennessee Historical Quarterly [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended. - Choice

A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.--McCormick Messenger A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests.--Southern Historian [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.--Choice Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study.--Appalachian Heritage This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law.--Journal of Southern History With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration. --H-Net Reviews An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians Maysilles's book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today's environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional legal history, as well as historians studying the New South period.--Journal of East Tennessee History [Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.--Journal of American History Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape.--North Carolina Historical Review

A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.--McCormick Messenger A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests.--Southern Historian [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.--Choice An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration. --H-Net Reviews Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study.--Appalachian Heritage Maysilles's book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today's environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional legal history, as well as historians studying the New South period.--Journal of East Tennessee History [Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.--Journal of American History Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape.--North Carolina Historical Review This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law.--Journal of Southern History

A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.--<i>McCormick Messenger</i>

A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.--McCormick Messenger With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration. --H-Net Reviews A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests.--Southern Historian [A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.--Choice Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study.--Appalachian Heritage An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians Maysilles's book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today's environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional legal history, as well as historians studying the New South period.--Journal of East Tennessee History [Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.--Journal of American History Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape.--North Carolina Historical Review This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law.--Journal of Southern History

[Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.-- Journal of American History

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Duncan Maysilles is a lawyer and a historian. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina, USA his law degree at Duke University, and his doctorate in history at the University of Georgia.

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