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Polluted promises : environmental racism and the search for justice in a southern town / Melissa Checker.

Author/creator Checker, Melissa
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 275 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Subject(s)
Environmental justice--Georgia --Augusta.
Environmental racism--Georgia --Augusta.
Hazardous waste sites--Environmental aspects --Georgia --Augusta --Case studies.
Racism--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Social justice--United States.
Contents You can run, but you can't Hyde -- Race-ing the environment -- Old heads: in between the tracks -- Strange fruit: from promised land to poisoned land -- Foot soldiers: long is the struggle, hard is the fight -- Staying on board: crossing murky waters -- No progress without struggle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-259) and index.
LCCN 2005006793
ISBN0814716571 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081471658X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814716571
ISBN9780814716588

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