Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice (2007)
McGurty, Eileen (Author)
Rutgers University Press
Physical Details: xi + 204 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description On efforts in the late 1970s by the predominantly African American population of Warren County, North Carolina, to protest the illegal dumping of contaminated soil.
Review Hay, Amy (2007) Review of "Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice". Journal of American History (p. 1012).
Review Ladd, Anthony E. (2009) Review of "Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice". Environmental History (p. 373).
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