Pellow, David N., 1969-

Garbage wars : the struggle for environmental justice in Chicago / David Naguib Pellow. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002. - ix, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Urban and industrial environments .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Waste, Politics, and Environmental Injustice 1 -- 2 A Social History of Waste, Race, and Labor, Part I: Movements, Technology, and Politics, 1880s-1930s 21 -- 3 A Social History of Waste, Race, and Labor, Part II: Waste Management and Waste Conflicts, 1940s-2000 41 -- 4 The Movement for Environmental Justice in Chicago and the United States 67 -- 5 Working for the Movement: Recycling Labor at the Resource Center 101 -- 6 The Next Evolutionary Stage: Recycling Waste or Recycling History? 131 -- 7 Toward Environmental Justice 161 -- Appendix: The Principles of Environmental Justice 171 -- Notes 175 -- References 207 -- Index 229.

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Environmental justice--Illinois--Chicago.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

GE235.I3 / P45 2002

363.7/02/0977311 / P367
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