UID:
almahu_9949546562002882
Format:
1 online resource (266 p.)
ISBN:
9780520976627
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9783110993899
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology ; 54
Content:
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 unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead 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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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1. Failed Development on Baltimore's Toxic Periphery: A History --
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2. Free Your Voice: An Origin Story --
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3. Fighting the Nation's Largest Trash-to- Energy Incinerator --
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4. "Whose Land? Our Land!": Land Trusts as Fair Development --
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5. Compost! Learn So We Don't Have to Burn: Zero Waste Is Our Future --
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Conclusion --
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Postscript: A Letter of Confession to the Activist Scholar --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Education, Psychology, Comm 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993950
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Education, Psychology, Communication 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994186
In:
University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520379312
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520976627
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520976627?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520976627
