Garbage Wars
The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago
- Paperback
254 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2004
Summary
A study of the struggle for environmental justice, focusing on conflicts over solid waste and pollution in Chicago.In Garbage Wars, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them in the period 1880-2000. What unfolds is a tug of war among social movements, government…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262661874 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026266187X |
| Author: | David Naguib Pellow |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 254 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
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”…insightfully assesses the ability of those at the bottom of the heap to mount aneffective resistance for environmental justice.” Jack Smith Environment
“Pellow insightfully assesses the ability of those at the bottom of the heap to mount an effective resistance for environmental justice.” - Jack Smith, Environment
About The Author
David Naguib Pellow
David Naguib Pellow is Don A. Martindale Endowed Chair in Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Among his books are the award-winning Garbage Wars- The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (MIT Press, 2002) and Power, Justice, and the Environment- A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement (coedited with Robert Brulle; MIT Press, 2005.)
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