Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

by Jedediah Purdy, Donald Edward Davis, Geoffrey L. Buckley

Book Overview

Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority neighborhoods in our nation's cities are often the preferred sites for landfills, power plants, and polluting factories. Those who live in these sacrifice zones are forced to shoulder the burden of harmful environmental effects so that others can prosper. Mountains of Injustice broadens the discussion from the city to the country by focusing on the legacy of disproportionate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821420437
• ISBN13: 9780821420430
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"