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Mexican Americans and the Environment: Tierra y Vida (The Mexican American Experience)
Devon G. Peña
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Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Mexican Americans have traditionally had a strong land ethic, believing that humans must respect la tierra because it is the source of la vida. As modern market forces exploit the earth, communities struggle to control their own ecological futures, and several studies have recorded that Mexican Americans are more impacted by environmental injustices than are other national-origin groups. In our countryside, agricultural workers are poisoned by pesticides, while farmers have lost ancestral lands to expropriation. And in our polluted inner cities, toxic wastes sicken children in their very playgrounds and homes. This book addresses the struggle for environmental justice, grassroots ... Read more
Mexican Americans have traditionally had a strong land ethic, believing that humans must respect la tierra because it is the source of la vida. As modern market forces exploit the earth, communities struggle to control their own ecological futures, and several studies have recorded that Mexican Americans are more impacted by environmental injustices than are other national-origin groups. In our countryside, agricultural workers are poisoned by pesticides, while farmers have lost ancestral lands to expropriation. And in our polluted inner cities, toxic wastes sicken children in their very playgrounds and homes. This book addresses the struggle for environmental justice, grassroots ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816522118
SKU
V9780816522118
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