Packing them in : an archaeology of environmental racism in Chicago, 1865-1954
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Packing them in : an archaeology of environmental racism in Chicago, 1865-1954
（Lexington books）
Lexington Books, c2005
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Includes index
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This important new book by Sylvia Washington adds a vital new dimension to our understanding of environmental history in the United States. Washington excavates and tells the stories of Chicago's poor, working class, and ethnic minority neighborhoods-such as Back of the Yards and Bronzeville-that suffered disproportionately negative environmental impacts and consequent pollution related health problems. This pioneering work will be essential reading not only for historians, but for urban planners, sociologists, citizen action groups and anyone interested in understanding the precursors to the contemporary environmental justice movement.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Racism and Environmental Injustice Chapter 3 Social Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and the Birth of the Environmental Leper Chapter 4 An Archaeology of the Modern Environmental Justice Movement Part 5 Packing Them In Chapter 6 Justice in the Jungle: Immigrants and Environmental Racism in the Back of the Yards, 1880-1930 Chapter 7 Engineering and Environmental Inequality: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious "Bubbly Creek" Part 8 Broken Promises Chapter 9 Planning and Environmental Inequalities: Race, Place, and Environmental Health in Chicago Chapter 10 "We Fight Blight": Block Beautiful and the Urban Conservation Movement in Chicago's Black Belt, 1915-1954
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