Environmental Justice in Postwar America: A Documentary Reader

Book Overview

In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence--but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories, waste-handling facilities, and big infrastructure projects, ended up in communities dominated by people of color. Constrained by long-standing practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295743697
• ISBN13: 9780295743691
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"