Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger

Julie Sze

Published by University of California Press 2020

Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger

Julie Sze

Volume 11 in the series American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520971981

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“Let this book immerse you in the many worlds of environmental justice.”—Naomi Klein

We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the United States and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does this moment of danger mean for the environment and for justice? What can we learn from environmental justice struggles?

Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger examines mobilizations and movements, from protests at Standing Rock to activism in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Environmental justice movements fight, survive, love, and create in the face of violence that challenges the conditions of life itself. Exploring dispossession, deregulation, privatization, and inequality, this book is the essential primer on environmental justice, packed with cautiously hopeful stories for the future.

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SzeJulie:

Julie Sze is Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Davis. She has authored and edited three books and numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality, culture and environment, and urban and community health and activism.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Overview Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction. Environmental Justice at the Crossroads of Danger and Freedom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. This Movement of Movements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. Environmental Justice Encounters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Restoring Environmental Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Conclusion. American Optimism, Skepticism, and Environmental Justice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
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Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
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