LEADER 03269nam 22006135 450 001 9910449701603321 005 20211005201300.0 010 $a0-8147-7241-2 010 $a1-4294-1385-9 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814772416 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245304 035 $a(OCoLC)133165561 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10137183 035 $a(DE-B1597)547123 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814772416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2081695 035 $a(OCoLC)78051636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3025582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3025582 035 $a(OCoLC)913695302 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245304 100 $a20200723h20052005 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolluted Promises $eEnvironmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town /$fMelissa Checker 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2005] 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 311 0 $a0-8147-1658-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-259) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tOne. You Can Run, but You Can?t Hyde --$tTwo. Race-ing the Environment --$tThree. Old Heads --$tFour. Strange Fruit --$tFive. Foot Soldiers --$tSix. Staying on Board --$tSeven. No Progress without Struggle --$tAppendix A: Methods --$tAppendix B: Getting Involved --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aAssociation 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. 606 $aEnvironmental justice$zGeorgia$zAugusta 606 $aHazardous waste sites$xEnvironmental aspects$zGeorgia$zAugusta$vCase studies 606 $aRacism$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions 606 $aSocial justice$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental justice 615 0$aHazardous waste sites$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aRacism 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSocial justice 676 $a363.7/009758/64 700 $aChecker$b Melissa$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01042728 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449701603321 996 $aPolluted Promises$92467177 997 $aUNINA