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  • The Sustainability Myth

    Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice

    de Melissa Checker ...
    WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA!Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate developmentFrom state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City’s unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In ... Leer más

    $22.79 USD

  • Polluted Promises

    Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town

    de Melissa Checker ...
    Association for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winnerJulian Steward Award 2006 Runner-UpOne community's fight against industrial contamination and environmental racismOver 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 ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Local Actions

    Cultural Activism, Power, and Public Life in America

    de Melissa Checker, Maggie Fishman ...
    Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as "ghettos," these anthropologists explore the many routes people take to work toward social change.Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across the ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Sustainability in the Global City

    Myth and Practice

    Edición de Cindy Isenhour, Gary McDonogh, Melissa Checker ...
    Series series New Directions in Sustainability and Society
    Cities play a pivotal but paradoxical role in the future of our planet. As world leaders and citizens grapple with the consequences of growth, pollution, climate change, and waste, urban sustainability has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a beacon of hope. Yet we know little about how the concept is implemented in daily life, particularly with regard to questions of social justice and equity. ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

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  • The Next Hundred Million

    America in 2050

    de Joel Kotkin ...
    Visionary social thinker Joel Kotkin looks ahead to America in 2050, revealing how the addition of one hundred million Americans by midcentury will transform how we all live, work, and prosper.In stark contrast to the rest of the world's advanced nations, the United States is growing at a record rate and, according to census projections, will be home to four hundred million Americans by 2050. This ... Leer más

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  • Black Faces, White Spaces

    Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors

    de Carolyn Finney ...
    Why are African Americans so underrepresented when it comes to interest in nature, outdoor recreation, and environmentalism? In this thought-provoking study, Carolyn Finney looks beyond the discourse of the environmental justice movement to examine how the natural environment has been understood, commodified, and represented by both white and black Americans. Bridging the fields of environmental ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Bet

    Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future

    de Paul Sabin ...

    $20.99 USD

  • African American Urban History since World War II

    Edición de Kenneth L. Kusmer, Joe W. Trotter ...
    Series series Historical Studies of Urban America
    Historians have devoted surprisingly little attention to African American urban history ofthe postwar period, especially compared with earlier decades. Correcting this imbalance, African American Urban History since World War II features an exciting mix of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices whose combined efforts provide the first comprehensive assessment of this important subject.The first of ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Summary and Analysis of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

    Based on the Book by Arlie Russell Hochschild

    de Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Strangers in Their Own Land tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Arlie Russell Hochschild's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the ... Leer más

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  • Cultivating Food Justice

    Race, Class, and Sustainability

    Edición de Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman ...
    Series series Food, Health, and the Environment
    Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.Popularized by such best-selling authors as Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver, and Eric Schlosser, a growing food movement urges us to support sustainable agriculture by eating fresh food produced on local family farms. But many ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • The Genius of Earth Day

    How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation

    de Adam Rome ...
    The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story before.The story of the first Earth Day is ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Environmental Crisis

    Working for Sustainable Knowledge and Environmental Justice

    de Bunyan Bryant ...
    Over the years, we have witness unprecedented growth and development that threatens our planet earth as evidenced by environmental degradation, world poverty all of which will be exacerbated by climate change. "Environmental Crisis or Crisis of Epistemology?" explores the ideas that environmental destruction and injustice is integrally related to unsustainable knowledge and the role that knowledge ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus