Environmental Justice in Postwar America: A Documentary Reader
(Part of the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics Series)
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In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence--but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories, waste-handling facilities, and big infrastructure projects, ended up in communities dominated by people of color. Constrained by long-standing practices...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295743697
ISBN13:9780295743691
Release Date:July 2018
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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