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Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Third Edition
Robert Bullard
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Description for Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Third Edition
Paperback. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, this book chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link environmentalism with issues of social justice. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 photographs, maps, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
To be poor, working-class, or a person of colour 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 ... Read more
To be poor, working-class, or a person of colour 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813367927
SKU
V9780813367927
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Ref
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About Robert Bullard
Robert D. Bullard is a sociologist and long-time civil rights and environmental justice activist. He is professor of sociology at Clark Atlanta University, and also serves as director of the university's Environmental Justice Resource centre.
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