Dumping In Dixie: Race, Class, And Environmental Quality, Third Edition - Softcover

Bullard, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813367921 ISBN 13: 9780813367927

Publisher: Westview Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book provides the major economic, social, and psychological impacts associated with the siting of noxious facilities and their significance in mobilizing the African American community. It explores the barriers to environmental and social justice experienced by African Americans.

About this title

Synopsis:

To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a disproportionate share of the countrys environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link environmentalism with issues of social justice. In the third edition, Bullard speaks to us from the front lines of the environmental justice movement about new developments in environmental racism, different organizing strategies, and success stories in the struggle for environmental equity.

About the Author:

Robert D. Bullard is a sociologist and long-time civil rights and environmental justice activist. He is professor of sociology at Clark Atlanta University, and also serves as director of the university's Environmental Justice Resource centre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westview Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813367921
• ISBN 13: 9780813367927
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256