Polluted promises : environmental racism and the search for justice in a southern town

Publication Data

• Title Polluted promises : environmental racism and the search for justice in a southern town
• Author Melissa Checker
• Publisher New York University Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

You can run, but you can't Hyde
Race-ing the environment
Old heads: in between the tracks
Strange fruit: from promised land to poisoned land
Foot soldiers: long is the struggle, hard is the fight
Staying on board: crossing murky waters
No progress without struggle.

Topics

• Environmental justice :: Georgia :: Augusta
• Hazardous waste sites :: Environmental aspects :: Georgia :: Augusta :: Case studies
• Racism :: United States
• African Americans :: Social conditions
• 013245695

Polluted promises : environmental racism and the search for justice in a southern town by Melissa Checker. ISBN 9780814716571. Published by New York University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.