LEADER 03528cam 2200529 i 4500001 on1340974092 003 OCoLC 005 20230425160950.0 008 220513s2023 cauab b 001 0 eng 010 2022022528 020 9780520379312 |qhardcover 020 0520379314 |qhardcover 020 9780520379329 |qpaperback 020 0520379322 |qpaperback 020 |z9780520976627 |qelectronic publication 035 (Sirsi) 40031618413 035 40031618413 035 (OCoLC)1340974092 040 CU-S/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us-md 050 00 TD883.5.M32 |bB35 2023 082 00 363.739/2097526 |223/eng/20220812 100 1 Fabricant, Nicole, |eauthor. |=^A1452867 245 10 Fighting to breathe : |brace, toxicity, and the rise of youth activism in Baltimore / |cNicole Fabricant. 264 1 Oakland, California : |bUniversity of California Press, |c[2023] 300 xxviii, 229 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 California series in public anthropology ; |vvolume 54 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Failed development in Baltimore's toxic periphery : a history -- Free your voice : an origin story -- Fighting the nation's largest trash-to-energy incinerator -- "Whose land? our land!" : land trusts as fair development -- Learn so we don't have to burn : zero waste is our future -- Conclusion -- Postscript : a letter of confession to the activist-scholar. 520 "Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to the proposed construction of an incinerator and to unequal land use practices, and initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Air |xPollution |xSocial aspects |zMaryland |zBaltimore. |=^A374958 650 0 Youth movements |zMaryland |zBaltimore |y21st century. |=^A68238 650 7 Air |xPollution |xSocial aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00802165 650 7 Youth movements. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01716075 651 7 Maryland |zBaltimore. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204292 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 2000-2099 |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version:Fabricant, Nicole. |tFighting to breathe |dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] |z9780520976627 |w(DLC) 2022022529 830 0 California series in public anthropology ; |v54. |=^A520608 949 |i30372017358984 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s85.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5970650