Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Confronting environmental racism : voices from the grassroots / edited by Robert D. Bullard ; foreword by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Contributor(s): Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946- [edt.]Material type: TextTextReference number:i0896084469Publication details: Boston, Mass. : South End Press, c1993. Edition: 1st edDescription: 259 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN: 0896084469 (pbk); 0896084477Subject(s): Environmental policy -- United States | Hazardous waste sites -- United States | Afro-Americans -- Politics and government | Racism -- United States | Minorities -- United States -- Political activity | Environmental policy -- United States -- Case studies | Hazardous waste sites -- United States -- Case studies | Afro-Americans -- Politics and government -- Case studies | Racism -- United States -- Case studies | Minorities -- United States -- Political activity -- Case studiesLOC classification: HC110.E5 | C665 1993
Contents:
Anatomy of environmental racism and the environmental justice movement / R.D. Bullard -- Beyond toxic wastes and race / C. Lee -- Environmentalism and the politics of inclusion / D.E. Taylor -- Coping with industrial exploitation / C. Hamilton -- Getting the lead out of the community / J. Phoenix -- Race and waste in two Virginia communities / R.W. Collin, W. Harris, Sr. -- Environmental politics in Alabama's blackbelt / C. Bailey, C.E. Faupel, and J.H. Gundlach -- Sustainable development at Ganados del Valle / L. Pulido -- Nature and Chicanos in southern Colorado / D. Pe�a, J. Gallegos -- Farmworkers and pesticides / M. Moses -- Global threats to people of color / D. Alston, N. Brown -- Conclusion: environmentalism with justice / R.D. Bullard.
Reviews from LibraryThing.com:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Class number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item reservations
Book Book Hunt Library General Shelves HC110 .E5 C665 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34998002111065
Total reservations: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-244) and index.

Anatomy of environmental racism and the environmental justice movement / R.D. Bullard -- Beyond toxic wastes and race / C. Lee -- Environmentalism and the politics of inclusion / D.E. Taylor -- Coping with industrial exploitation / C. Hamilton -- Getting the lead out of the community / J. Phoenix -- Race and waste in two Virginia communities / R.W. Collin, W. Harris, Sr. -- Environmental politics in Alabama's blackbelt / C. Bailey, C.E. Faupel, and J.H. Gundlach -- Sustainable development at Ganados del Valle / L. Pulido -- Nature and Chicanos in southern Colorado / D. Pe�a, J. Gallegos -- Farmworkers and pesticides / M. Moses -- Global threats to people of color / D. Alston, N. Brown -- Conclusion: environmentalism with justice / R.D. Bullard.

4

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.