03269nam 22006135 450 991044970160332120211005201300.00-8147-7241-21-4294-1385-910.18574/9780814772416(CKB)1000000000245304(OCoLC)133165561(CaPaEBR)ebrary10137183(DE-B1597)547123(DE-B1597)9780814772416(MiAaPQ)EBC2081695(OCoLC)78051636(MiAaPQ)EBC3025582(Au-PeEL)EBL3025582(OCoLC)913695302(EXLCZ)99100000000024530420200723h20052005 fg 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPolluted Promises Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town /Melissa CheckerNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2005]©20051 online resource (288 p.)0-8147-1658-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-259) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --One. You Can Run, but You Can’t Hyde --Two. Race-ing the Environment --Three. Old Heads --Four. Strange Fruit --Five. Foot Soldiers --Six. Staying on Board --Seven. No Progress without Struggle --Appendix A: Methods --Appendix B: Getting Involved --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorAssociation for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winner Julian Steward Award 2006 Runner-Up Over the past two decades, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they discover the contaminations of toxic chemicals and industrial waste in their own backyards. Living next door to factories and industrial sites for years, the people in these communities often have record health problems and debilitating medical conditions. Melissa Checker tells the story of one such neighborhood, Hyde Park, in Augusta, Georgia, and the tenacious activism of its two hundred African American families. This community, at one time surrounded by nine polluting industries, is struggling to make their voices heard and their community safe again. Polluted Promises shows that even in the post-civil rights era, race and class are still key factors in determining the politics of pollution.Environmental justiceGeorgiaAugustaHazardous waste sitesEnvironmental aspectsGeorgiaAugustaCase studiesRacismUnited StatesAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsSocial justiceUnited StatesElectronic books.Environmental justiceHazardous waste sitesEnvironmental aspectsRacismAfrican AmericansSocial conditions.Social justice363.7/009758/64Checker Melissaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1042728DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910449701603321Polluted Promises2467177UNINA