Toxic burn : the grassroots struggle against the WTI Incinerator / / Thomas Shevory

• Autore: Shevory Thomas C
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press; Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.73846
• Soggetto topico: Environmental protection - Citizen participation; Hazardous wastes - Incineration - Government policy - Ohio - East Liverpool
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction : East Liverpool and the politics of power -- ; 1. Past as prelude : history and hazardous waste -- ; 2. Be careful what you ask for : the genesis of WTI -- ; 3. The center of the onion : property and ownership -- ; 4. Don't give up the fight : rhetorics of resistance -- ; 5. Risky business : counting the costs of incineration -- Conclusion : Where do we go from here? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix : WTI ownership patterns -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Toxic Burn is a gripping account of the activist movement against the imposing WTI incinerator in the rust belt town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Thomas Shevory tells the story of building, maintaining, and resisting the incinerator and shows that the actions of determined citizens are essential to developing new environmental models and saving the lives of those in the path of potential disaster.
• Titolo autorizzato: Toxic burn
• ISBN: 0-8166-5424-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809925003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II