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Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality

by Robert Bullard

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ISBN13: 9780813367927
ISBN10: 0813367921
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To be poor, working-class, or a person of color 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 for environmental equity.

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"To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans"

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and index.

About the Author

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 Center.

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ISBN:
9780813367927
Subtitle:
Race, Class, and Environmental Quality, Third Edition
Author:
Bullard, Robert D.
Author:
Bullard, Robert D.
Publisher:
Westview Press
Location:
Boulder, Colo :
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Environmental policy
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Southern states
Subject:
Social justice
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Ecology - Recycling
Subject:
Social surveys
Subject:
Waste disposal sites.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Southern States Race relations.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Ecology
Edition Number:
3
Series Volume:
1422-3F
Publication Date:
March 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
9.00x6.00x.59 in. .85 lbs.

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