Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest

by Laura Pulido

Book Overview

Ecological causes are championed not only by lobbyists or hikers. While mainstream environmentalism is usually characterized by well-financed, highly structured organizations operating on a national scale, campaigns for environmental justice are often fought by poor or minority communities. Environmentalism and Economic Justice is one of the first books devoted to Chicano environmental issues and is a study of U.S. environmentalism in transition as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816516057
• ISBN13: 9780816516056
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"