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Garbage Wars : The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (Urban and Industrial Environments)
Garbage Wars The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago - Urban and Industrial Environments
Author: David Naguib Pellow
In Garbage Wars, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them in the period 1880-2000. What unfolds is a tug...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262661874
ISBN-10: 026266187X
Publication Date: 10/1/2004
Pages: 256
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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