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Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski
| Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer Organizations
Environmental health Environmental Health Environmental Illness Social Change Social medicine Hypersensitivity Organizations Health Occupations Sociology Disorders of Environmental Origin Socioeconomic Factors Population Characteristics Social Sciences Diseases Immune System Diseases Disciplines and Occupations Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-36969-9
9786613369697 0-520-95042-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Environmental Justice And Contested Illnesses -- 2. Embodied Health Movements -- 3. Qualitative Approaches In Environmental Health Research -- 4. Getting Into The Field: New Approaches To Research Methods -- 5. Environmental Justice And The Precautionary Principle: Air Toxics Exposures And Health Risks Among Schoolchildren In Los Angeles -- 6. A Narrowing Gulf Of Difference? Disputes And Discoveries In The Study Of Gulf War-Related Illnesses -- 7. The Health Politics Of Asthma: Environmental Justice And Collective Illness Experience -- 8. Pollution Comes Home And Gets Personal: Women'S Experience Of Household Chemical Exposure -- 9. The Personal Is Scientific, The Scientific Is Political: The Public Paradigm Of The Environmental Breast Cancer Movement -- 10. School Custodians And Green Cleaners: Labor-Environmental Coalitions And Toxics Reduction -- 11. Labor-Environmental Coalition Formation: Framing And The Right To Know -- 12. The Brown Superfund Research Program: A Multistakeholder Partnership Addresses Problems In Contaminated Communities -- 13. Toxic Ignorance And The Right To Know: Biomonitoring Results Communication; A Survey Of Scientists And Study Participants -- 14. Irb Challenges In Community-Based Participatory Research On Human Exposure To Environmental Toxics: A Case Study -- 15. Conclusion -- Appendix: Contested Illnesses Research Group'S Nuts And Bolts And Lessons Learned -- References -- List Of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461470103321 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski
| Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental health
Social medicine Hypersensitivity Organizations Health Occupations Sociology Disorders of Environmental Origin Socioeconomic Factors Population Characteristics Social Sciences Diseases Immune System Diseases Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Social Change Environmental Illness Consumer Organizations Environmental Health |
| Soggetto non controllato |
access to healthcare
environment and disease environmental factors of disease evidence based medicine health activism health and disease health and social science health care issues health movements health policy books health policy health practitioners healthcare and communities healthcare and policy healthcare industry healthcare politics medical ethics medical politics public health issues public health movements public health policy public health science and medicine treating patients |
| ISBN |
1-283-36969-9
9786613369697 0-520-95042-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Environmental Justice And Contested Illnesses -- 2. Embodied Health Movements -- 3. Qualitative Approaches In Environmental Health Research -- 4. Getting Into The Field: New Approaches To Research Methods -- 5. Environmental Justice And The Precautionary Principle: Air Toxics Exposures And Health Risks Among Schoolchildren In Los Angeles -- 6. A Narrowing Gulf Of Difference? Disputes And Discoveries In The Study Of Gulf War-Related Illnesses -- 7. The Health Politics Of Asthma: Environmental Justice And Collective Illness Experience -- 8. Pollution Comes Home And Gets Personal: Women's Experience Of Household Chemical Exposure -- 9. The Personal Is Scientific, The Scientific Is Political: The Public Paradigm Of The Environmental Breast Cancer Movement -- 10. School Custodians And Green Cleaners: Labor-Environmental Coalitions And Toxics Reduction -- 11. Labor-Environmental Coalition Formation: Framing And The Right To Know -- 12. The Brown Superfund Research Program: A Multistake holder Partnership Addresses Problems In Contaminated Communities -- 13. Toxic Ignorance And The Right To Know: Biomonitoring Results Communication; A Survey Of Scientists And Study Participants -- 14. Irb Challenges In Community-Based Participatory Research On Human Exposure To Environmental Toxics: A Case Study -- 15. Conclusion -- Appendix: Contested Illnesses Research Group's Nuts And Bolts And Lessons Learned -- References -- List Of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789741003321 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski
| Contested Illnesses : Citizens, Science, and Health Social Movements / / Phil Brown, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Stephen Zavestoski |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental health
Social medicine Hypersensitivity Organizations Health Occupations Sociology Disorders of Environmental Origin Socioeconomic Factors Population Characteristics Social Sciences Diseases Immune System Diseases Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Social Change Environmental Illness Consumer Organizations Environmental Health |
| Soggetto non controllato |
access to healthcare
environment and disease environmental factors of disease evidence based medicine health activism health and disease health and social science health care issues health movements health policy books health policy health practitioners healthcare and communities healthcare and policy healthcare industry healthcare politics medical ethics medical politics public health issues public health movements public health policy public health science and medicine treating patients |
| ISBN |
1-283-36969-9
9786613369697 0-520-95042-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Environmental Justice And Contested Illnesses -- 2. Embodied Health Movements -- 3. Qualitative Approaches In Environmental Health Research -- 4. Getting Into The Field: New Approaches To Research Methods -- 5. Environmental Justice And The Precautionary Principle: Air Toxics Exposures And Health Risks Among Schoolchildren In Los Angeles -- 6. A Narrowing Gulf Of Difference? Disputes And Discoveries In The Study Of Gulf War-Related Illnesses -- 7. The Health Politics Of Asthma: Environmental Justice And Collective Illness Experience -- 8. Pollution Comes Home And Gets Personal: Women's Experience Of Household Chemical Exposure -- 9. The Personal Is Scientific, The Scientific Is Political: The Public Paradigm Of The Environmental Breast Cancer Movement -- 10. School Custodians And Green Cleaners: Labor-Environmental Coalitions And Toxics Reduction -- 11. Labor-Environmental Coalition Formation: Framing And The Right To Know -- 12. The Brown Superfund Research Program: A Multistake holder Partnership Addresses Problems In Contaminated Communities -- 13. Toxic Ignorance And The Right To Know: Biomonitoring Results Communication; A Survey Of Scientists And Study Participants -- 14. Irb Challenges In Community-Based Participatory Research On Human Exposure To Environmental Toxics: A Case Study -- 15. Conclusion -- Appendix: Contested Illnesses Research Group's Nuts And Bolts And Lessons Learned -- References -- List Of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810582703321 |
| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the Catskills [[electronic resource] ] : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown
| In the Catskills [[electronic resource] ] : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 415 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 974.7/38004924 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BrownPhil |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region - Social life and customs
Jews - Recreation - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-40674-8
9786613406743 0-231-50440-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. HISTORY -- Introduction -- Sleeping in My Parents' Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills / Brown, Phil -- Jewish Farmers of the Catskills / Lavender, Abraham / Steinberg, Clarence -- Hotels and the Holocaust / Wallenrod, Reuben -- The Catskills at the End of World War II / Boris, Martin -- PART 2. BOARDING HOUSE, BUNGALOW, AND KUCHALAYN LIFE -- Introduction -- The Yearning Heifer / Singer, Isaac Bashevis -- Grine Felder-A Place in the Country / Boris, Martin -- Bingo by the Bungalow / Rosenbaum, Thane -- Bungalow Colony Life / Richman, Irwin -- Bungalow Stories / Tanney, Arthur -- PART 3. HOTEL LIFE -- Introduction -- Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House / Cahan, Abraham -- Old Stock / Calisher, Hortense -- Young Workers in the Hotels / Brown, Phil -- The Pool / Pollack, Eileen -- Growing Up at Grossinger's / Grossinger, Tania -- Five and Three House / Offit, Sidney -- Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills / Jacobs, Jerry A. -- PART 4. ENTERTAINMENT -- Introduction -- Comics, Singers, and Tummlers / Adams, Joey / Tobias, Henry -- The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp / Hart, Moss -- The Casino / Jacobs, Harvey -- The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling / Wadler, Joyce -- Yener Welt-music and lyrics / Brown, Phil -- Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel!-music and lyrics / Foner, Henry -- PART 5. ROMANCE -- Introduction -- Miss Tevkin / Cahan, Abraham -- Forbidden Fruit / Jacobs, Harvey -- Marjorie at South Wind / Wouk, Herman -- Amy Lourie / Kay, Terry -- PART 6. RELIGION -- Introduction -- Bungalow Summer: The Catskills, New York / Eisenberg, Robert -- The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls / Goodman, Allegra -- PART 7. FOOD -- Introduction -- Eating at the Hotel / Sandberg, Sara -- The Catskills Remembered / Gornick, Vivian -- Bungalow / Ehrlich, Elizabeth -- APPENDICES-LINKS TO MORE SOURCES -- Annotated Bibliography -- Hotels of the Catskills -- Bungalow Colonies of the Catskills |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455008703321 |
| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the Catskills [[electronic resource] ] : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown
| In the Catskills [[electronic resource] ] : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 415 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 974.7/38004924 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BrownPhil |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region - Social life and customs
Jews - Recreation - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region |
| ISBN |
1-283-40674-8
9786613406743 0-231-50440-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. HISTORY -- Introduction -- Sleeping in My Parents' Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills / Brown, Phil -- Jewish Farmers of the Catskills / Lavender, Abraham / Steinberg, Clarence -- Hotels and the Holocaust / Wallenrod, Reuben -- The Catskills at the End of World War II / Boris, Martin -- PART 2. BOARDING HOUSE, BUNGALOW, AND KUCHALAYN LIFE -- Introduction -- The Yearning Heifer / Singer, Isaac Bashevis -- Grine Felder-A Place in the Country / Boris, Martin -- Bingo by the Bungalow / Rosenbaum, Thane -- Bungalow Colony Life / Richman, Irwin -- Bungalow Stories / Tanney, Arthur -- PART 3. HOTEL LIFE -- Introduction -- Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House / Cahan, Abraham -- Old Stock / Calisher, Hortense -- Young Workers in the Hotels / Brown, Phil -- The Pool / Pollack, Eileen -- Growing Up at Grossinger's / Grossinger, Tania -- Five and Three House / Offit, Sidney -- Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills / Jacobs, Jerry A. -- PART 4. ENTERTAINMENT -- Introduction -- Comics, Singers, and Tummlers / Adams, Joey / Tobias, Henry -- The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp / Hart, Moss -- The Casino / Jacobs, Harvey -- The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling / Wadler, Joyce -- Yener Welt-music and lyrics / Brown, Phil -- Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel!-music and lyrics / Foner, Henry -- PART 5. ROMANCE -- Introduction -- Miss Tevkin / Cahan, Abraham -- Forbidden Fruit / Jacobs, Harvey -- Marjorie at South Wind / Wouk, Herman -- Amy Lourie / Kay, Terry -- PART 6. RELIGION -- Introduction -- Bungalow Summer: The Catskills, New York / Eisenberg, Robert -- The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls / Goodman, Allegra -- PART 7. FOOD -- Introduction -- Eating at the Hotel / Sandberg, Sara -- The Catskills Remembered / Gornick, Vivian -- Bungalow / Ehrlich, Elizabeth -- APPENDICES-LINKS TO MORE SOURCES -- Annotated Bibliography -- Hotels of the Catskills -- Bungalow Colonies of the Catskills |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779832003321 |
| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the Catskills : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown
| In the Catskills : a century of Jewish experience in "the mountains" / / edited by Phil Brown |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 415 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 974.7/38004924 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BrownPhil |
| Soggetto topico |
Jews - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region - Social life and customs
Jews - Recreation - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains Region |
| ISBN |
1-283-40674-8
9786613406743 0-231-50440-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. HISTORY -- Introduction -- Sleeping in My Parents' Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills / Brown, Phil -- Jewish Farmers of the Catskills / Lavender, Abraham / Steinberg, Clarence -- Hotels and the Holocaust / Wallenrod, Reuben -- The Catskills at the End of World War II / Boris, Martin -- PART 2. BOARDING HOUSE, BUNGALOW, AND KUCHALAYN LIFE -- Introduction -- The Yearning Heifer / Singer, Isaac Bashevis -- Grine Felder-A Place in the Country / Boris, Martin -- Bingo by the Bungalow / Rosenbaum, Thane -- Bungalow Colony Life / Richman, Irwin -- Bungalow Stories / Tanney, Arthur -- PART 3. HOTEL LIFE -- Introduction -- Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House / Cahan, Abraham -- Old Stock / Calisher, Hortense -- Young Workers in the Hotels / Brown, Phil -- The Pool / Pollack, Eileen -- Growing Up at Grossinger's / Grossinger, Tania -- Five and Three House / Offit, Sidney -- Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills / Jacobs, Jerry A. -- PART 4. ENTERTAINMENT -- Introduction -- Comics, Singers, and Tummlers / Adams, Joey / Tobias, Henry -- The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp / Hart, Moss -- The Casino / Jacobs, Harvey -- The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling / Wadler, Joyce -- Yener Welt-music and lyrics / Brown, Phil -- Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel!-music and lyrics / Foner, Henry -- PART 5. ROMANCE -- Introduction -- Miss Tevkin / Cahan, Abraham -- Forbidden Fruit / Jacobs, Harvey -- Marjorie at South Wind / Wouk, Herman -- Amy Lourie / Kay, Terry -- PART 6. RELIGION -- Introduction -- Bungalow Summer: The Catskills, New York / Eisenberg, Robert -- The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls / Goodman, Allegra -- PART 7. FOOD -- Introduction -- Eating at the Hotel / Sandberg, Sara -- The Catskills Remembered / Gornick, Vivian -- Bungalow / Ehrlich, Elizabeth -- APPENDICES-LINKS TO MORE SOURCES -- Annotated Bibliography -- Hotels of the Catskills -- Bungalow Colonies of the Catskills |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826784403321 |
| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
| Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States |
| Autore | Lerner Steve |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 363.738420973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BrownPhil |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental toxicology - United States
Chemical spills - Health aspects - United States Hazardous substances - Health aspects - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-28874-5
0-262-28958-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory -- Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation -- Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants -- Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery -- Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door -- Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air -- Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company -- San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community -- Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil -- St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases -- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood -- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused y multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785154003321 |
Lerner Steve
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| Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States
| Sacrifice Zones : the Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States |
| Autore | Lerner Steve |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 363.738420973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BrownPhil |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental toxicology - United States
Chemical spills - Health aspects - United States Hazardous substances - Health aspects - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| ISBN |
0-262-28874-5
0-262-28958-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory -- Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation -- Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants -- Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery -- Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door -- Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air -- Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company -- San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community -- Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil -- St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases -- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood -- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused y multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion. |
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Lerner Steve
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| Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2012 | ||
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Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States / / Steve Lerner ; foreword by Phil Brown
| Sacrifice zones : the front lines of toxic chemical exposure in the United States / / Steve Lerner ; foreword by Phil Brown |
| Autore | Lerner Steve |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 346 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 363.738/420973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental toxicology - United States
Chemical spills - Health aspects - United States Hazardous substances - Health aspects - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-262-28874-5
0-262-28958-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Ocala, Florida : community blanketed by "black snow" from neighboring charcoal factory -- Pensacola, Florida : health problems near "Mount Dioxin" require mass relocation -- Port Arthur, Texas : public housing residents breathe contaminated air from nearby refineries and chemical plants -- Corpus Christi, Texas : Hillcrest residents exposed to benzene in neighborhood next to refinery -- Addyston, Ohio : the plastics plant next door -- Marietta, Ohio : steel-hardening plant spews tons of manganese into river valley town's air -- Tallevast, Florida : rural residents live atop groundwater contaminated by high-tech weapons company -- San Antonio, Texas : contamination from Kelly Air Force Base suspected of causing sickness and death in adjacent Latino community -- Daly City, California : Midway Village : public housing built on contaminated soil -- St. Lawrence Island, Alaska : Yupik Eskimos face contaminated water and traditional food supplies near former U.S. military bases -- Greenpoint, New York : giant oil spill spreads beneath Brooklyn neighborhood -- An ongoing puzzle : disease clusters possibly caused y multiple sources of pollution -- Fallon, Nevada : largest U.S. pediatric leukemia cluster near naval air station and tungsten smelter -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459236103321 |
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Lerner Steve
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Summer haven : the Catskills, the Holocaust, and the literary imagination / / edited by Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown
| Summer haven : the Catskills, the Holocaust, and the literary imagination / / edited by Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown |
| Autore | Levitsky Holli |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Collana | Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe and their legacy |
| Soggetto topico |
Holocaust survivors - New York (State) - Catskill Mountains
Jews - New York (State) - Catskills Mountains Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61811-419-0 |
| Classificazione | NY 4900 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Permissions -- Framing and History -- Introduction / Brown, Phil / Levitsky, Holli -- Reuben Wallenrod's Dusk in the Catskills and its Central Role in Catskills Holocaust History / Levitsky, Holli / Brown, Phil -- Memoirs and Conversations -- A Memoir from Before My Birth / Brown, Phil -- The Holocaust, the Catskills, and the Creative Power of Loss / Levitsky, Holli -- Catskill Reflections: Testimonial, Literary, and Jewish Values in Singer's Novel / Goodhart, Sandor -- Legacy / Berenbaum, Michael -- Imaginings and Re-imaginings -- From Dusk in the Catskills / Wallenrod, Reuben -- Dusk in the Catskills: My Father, the Holocaust, Memories, and Reflections / Prevots, Naima (Wallenrod) -- From Enemies, A Love Story / Singer, Isaac Bashevis -- The Holocaust, Three Women, One Man, and a Rabbi: Posthumous Reading in Isaac Bashevis Singer's Enemies, A Love Story / Goodhart, Sandor -- From Summer on a Mountain of Spices / Jacobs, Harvey -- Reflections on Summer on a Mountain of Spices / Jacobs, Harvey -- From Woodridge 1946 / Boris, Martin -- "Not to Know the Past is to Diminish the Future": Reflections on Woodridge 1946 / Boris, Gloria -- From Maus: A Survivor's Tale, II: And Here My Troubles Began / Spiegelman, Art -- What We Didn't Know / Flanzbaum, Hilene -- From Paradise, New York / Pollack, Eileen -- Preserving the Catskills: An Exercise in Nostalgia, or Survival? / Pollack, Eileen -- Bingo by the Bungalow / Rosenbaum, Thane -- Renewal / Rosenbaum, Thane -- A Catskills Muse / Brown, Phil -- Reflections on "A Catskills Muse" / Brown, Phil -- From Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust / Berger, Joseph -- Resuming Life After the War: Survivors in the Catskills / Berger, Joseph -- The Catskills (or What Was, Was, and Is No More) from A Jew Grows in Brooklyn / Ehrenreich, Jake -- Reflections on A Jew Grows in Brooklyn / Ehrenreich, Jake -- From Dreaming in the Ninth / Cappell, Ezra -- Balm of Gilead: Haunted in the Catskills / Cappell, Ezra -- New Imaginings and Last Days -- The Four Seasons Lodge: Survivors in the Bungalow Colony / Jacobs, Andrew -- Prize-Winning Essays: Fiction -- Catskill Dreams and Pumpernickel / Eizikovitz, Bonnie Shusterman -- Your Dovid / Calderon, Rita -- Prize-Winning Essay: Non-Fiction -- Forgiving God in the Catskills / Kirschenbaum, Michael -- Index |
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| Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2015 | ||
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