Brandon M. Ward

Living Detroit

Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that environmentalism in postwar Detroit responded to anxieties over the urban crisis, deindustrialization, and the fate of the city. Tying the diverse stories of environmental activism and politics together is the shared assumption environmental activism could improve their quality of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780367334437
• ISBN-10: 0367334437
• Artikelnr.: 62269273

Autorenporträt

Brandon M. Ward is a Lecturer in History at Perimeter College, Georgia State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Many Lives of Earth Day Chapter 1: Living Just Enough for
Detroit Chapter 2: The Environmental Quest for a Livable Region Chapter 3:
Factories, Fields, and Streams Chapter 4: The UAW Confronts the Urban
Environmental Crisis Chapter 5: Black Environmentalism in an Age of Urban
Crisis Chapter 6: Environmentalism in the Fragmented Metropolis Epilogue:
Age of Crises