Environmental inequalities : class, race, and industrial pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980 /

Environmental inequalities : class, race, and industrial pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hurley, Andrew, 1961-
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1995.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Environmental policy -- Social aspects -- Indiana -- Gary. NIMBY syndrome -- Indiana -- Gary. Pollution -- Social aspects -- Indiana -- Gary. Social classes -- Indiana -- Gary. Ecology. Environmental policy -- Social aspects. NIMBY syndrome. Pollution -- Social aspects. Race relations. Social classes. Social conditions Gary (Ind.) -- Environmental conditions. Gary (Ind.) -- Race relations. Gary (Ind.) -- Social conditions. Indiana -- Gary. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206313

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ISBN:	9780807898789 0807898783 9781469604800 1469604809 0807821748 9780807821749 0807845183 9780807845189 0807821748 9780807821749
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Hurley, Andrew, 1961- Environmental inequalities. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1995 9780807845189
Standard no.:	9780807821749

Table of Contents:

Class, Race, and the Shaping of the Urban Landscape
The Perils o Pollution in the Steel City, 1945-1950
Opposition to Blind Progress: Middle-Class Environmentalism
Tired of Working in Pollution and Having It Follow Us Home: Working-Class Environmentalism
Rats, Roaches, and Smoke: African American Environmentalism
The Rise and Fall of an Environmental Coalition
The Social Geography of Pollution and the Politics of Sand.