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Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michele Morrone (Editor)Publish date:2013-02-15Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780821420430ISBN-10:821420437UPC:9780821420430Book Category:Nature, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Environmental Conservation & Protection, Sociology, Regional StudiesBook Topic:RuralSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC6V1F2MGQ

Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority neighborhoods in our nation's cities are often the preferred sites for landfills, power plants, and polluting factories. Those who live in these sacrifice zones are forced to shoulder the burden of harmful environmental effects so that others can prosper. Mountains of Injustice broadens the discussion from the city to the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780821420430ISBN-10:821420437UPC:9780821420430Book Category:Nature, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Environmental Conservation & Protection, Sociology, Regional StudiesBook Topic:RuralSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC6V1F2MGQ

Michele Morrone is a professor of environmental health and director of the Appalachian Rural Health Institute at Ohio University. She is coeditor (with Geoffrey L. Buckley) of Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia and (with Nina E. Redman) Food Safety: A Reference Handbook.

Geoffrey L. Buckley is a professor in the department of geography and the Program in...

Publisher: Ohio University Press

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