04139nam 2200733 a 450 991097451370332120250411153109.0978058542494105854249429780814772294081477229310.18574/9780814772294(CKB)1000000000003150(EBL)2081629(OCoLC)913695235(SSID)ssj0000159091(PQKBManifestationID)11161338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159091(PQKBWorkID)10150120(PQKB)11477836(DE-B1597)547291(DE-B1597)9780814772294(Au-PeEL)EBL3025553(MiAaPQ)EBC2081629(EXLCZ)99100000000000315020000724d2001 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom the ground up environmental racism and the rise of the environmental justice movement /Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster1st ed.New York New York University Press2001New York :New York University Press,[2001]©20011 online resource (257 pages)Critical America9780814715369 0814715362 9780814715376 0814715370 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --PREFACE --INTRODUCTION --ONE. A History of the Environmental Justice Movement --TWO. The Political Economy of Environmental Racism --THREE. Environmental Racism --FOUR. Buttonwillow --FIVE. Processes of Struggle --SIX. In Defense of Mother Earth --SEVEN. Transformative Politics --APPENDIX. An Annotated Bibliography of Studies and Articles That Document and Describe the Disproportionate Impact of Environmental Hazards by Race and Income --NOTES --INDEX --ABOUT THE AUTHORSA critical look at the movement for environmental justice When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities—gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activism and political mobilization. Today, thousands of activists in hundreds of locales are fighting for their children, their communities, their quality of life, and their health. From the Ground Up critically examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, Luke Cole and Sheila Foster combine long-time activism with powerful storytelling to provide gripping case studies of communities across the U.S—towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona—and their struggles against corporate polluters. The authors effectively use social, economic and legal analysis to illustrate the historical and contemporary causes for environmental racism. Environmental justice struggles, they demonstrate, transform individuals, communities, institutions and even the nation as a whole.Critical America.Environmental justiceUnited StatesEnvironmental policyUnited StatesMinoritiesPolitical activityUnited StatesUnited StatesfastEnvironmental justiceEnvironmental policyMinoritiesPolitical activity363.7/0089/00973AR 13400rvkCole Luke W.1962-2009.1804271Foster Sheila R.1963-1367360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974513703321From the ground up4352196UNINA