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10%OFFLuke W. Cole - From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (Critical America) - 9780814715376 - V9780814715376
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From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (Critical America)

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Description for From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (Critical America) Paperback. Examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, this book provides case studies of communities across the US - towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona - and their struggles against corporate polluters. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWD; RNB; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.

A critical look at the movement for environmental justice
When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities—gained unprecedented recognition. Behind that momentous signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activism and political mobilization. Today, thousands of activists in hundreds of locales are fighting for their children, their communities, their quality of life, and their health.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical America Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814715376
SKU
V9780814715376
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Luke W. Cole
Luke W. Cole (Author) Luke W. Cole was Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment. Sheila R. Foster (Author) Sheila Foster is Associate Professor at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden.

Reviews for From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement (Critical America)
From the Ground Up presents the history of the environmental justice movement in the best possible way: through the retelling of the individual stories of local communities that have transformed the nation's environmental laws. Both descriptive and reflective, the book is wonderfully evocative of the passions that have maintained the environmental justice movement and that underlie its enormous promise for ... Read more

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