{"product_id":"polluted-promises-environmental-racism-and-the-search-for-justice-in-a-southern-town-paperback-softback-9780814716588","title":"Polluted Promises; Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814716588","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolluted Promises\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnvironmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMelissa Checker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814716588\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e275 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.414 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssociation for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Julian Steward Award 2006 Runner-Up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne community's fight against industrial contamination and environmental racism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the past two decades, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they discover the contaminations of toxic chemicals and industrial waste in their own backyards.\u003cbr\u003e Living next door to factories and industrial sites for years, the people in these communities often have record health problems and debilitating medical conditions. Melissa Checker tells the story of one such neighborhood, Hyde Park, in Augusta, Georgia, and the tenacious activism of its two hundred African American families. This community, at one time surrounded by nine polluting industries, is struggling to make their voices heard and their community safe again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePolluted Promises\u003c\/b\u003e shows that even in the post-civil rights era, race and class are still key factors in determining the politics of pollution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520893743384,"sku":"9780814716588","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/polluted-promises-environmental-racism-and-the-search-for-justice-in-a-southern-town-paperback-softback-9780814716588","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}