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Environmental Inequalities : Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980.
Title:
Environmental Inequalities : Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980.
Author:
Hurley, Andrew.
ISBN:
9780807898789
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Class, Race, and the Shaping of the Urban Landscape -- 2 The Perils of Pollution in the Steel City, 1945-1950 -- 3 Opposition to Blind Progress: Middle-Class Environmentalism -- 4 Tired of Working in Pollution and Having It Follow Us Home: Working-Class Environmentalism -- 5 Rats, Roaches, and Smoke: African American Environmentalism -- 6 The Rise and Fall of an Environmental Coalition -- 7 The Social Geography of Pollution and the Politics of Sand -- Epilogue: Gary and Beyond -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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