Dumping in Dixie : race, class, and environmental quality / Robert D. Bullard.
To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo :
Westview Press,
[2000]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link environmentalism with issues of social justice. In the third edition, Bullard speaks to us from the front lines of the environmental justice movement about new developments in environmental racism, different organizing strategies, and success stories in the struggle for environmental equity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813344270 0813344271 9780429495274 0429495277 |