Book ID: CBB000850764

Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice (2007)

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McGurty, Eileen (Author)


Rutgers University Press


Publication Date: 2007
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.


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Review Hay, Amy (2007) Review of "Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice". Journal of American History (p. 1012). unapi

Review Ladd, Anthony E. (2009) Review of "Transforming Environmentalism: Warren County, PCBs, and the Origins of Environmental Justice". Environmental History (p. 373). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Francis, John
Mitchell, Mary X.
Newman, Richard S.
Coates, Colin M.
Nicole Fabricant
Freyfogle, Eric T.
Concepts
Environmentalism
Political activists and activism
Science and politics
Environmental pollution
Public health
Environmental protection
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Canada
Love Canal
Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.)
Ohio (U.S.)
Eastern Europe
Institutions
Tennessee Valley Authority
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