Description
Book SynopsisLike many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation. However, other neighbourhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This eye-opening book reveals that such environmental inequalities did not occur by chance, but were instead the result of specific policy decisions that served to exacerbate endemic classism and racism.
Trade Review"Strong, innovative, and timely,
From Workshop to Waste Magnet beautifully demonstrates the necessity of understanding the dynamism of environmental inequality struggles. A truly important and ambitious book." -- David N. Pellow * University of California, Santa Barbara *
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From Workshop to Waste Magnet provides a rich analysis of how structures of class power and white privilege are the root causes of environmental inequality in Philadelphia. A critically important must-read for all those concerned with environmental justice."
-- Daniel Faber * Northeastern University *
“A richly layered study of hazardous waste and its many discontents … Sicotte's book offers a model multicausal analysis of environmental burdening. At one level, she shows that environmental burdens are spread across Philadelphia in ways that might encourage activists, business leaders, and politicians to work together and address common problems. At another level, she challenges scholars to refine their analyses of environmental justice in ways that highlight the intersection of class, ethnicity, and race. It is a timely and rewarding book." * H-Pennsylvania *
"Booming postindustrial neighborhoods often overlook polluted past" by Patrick Sisson * Curbed *
"Justice in Chester" documentary, WITF Harrisburg (PBS affiliate), interview with Diane Sicotte * Justice in Chester *
Table of ContentsContents
List of FiguresList of MapsList of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Measuring Environmental Inequalities in the Philadelphia Area in 20102 Theorizing Urban Environmental Inequality3 The Rise of Industrial Philadelphia4 Environmental Inequality from 1950 to 19695 From Workshop to Waste Magnet: Environmental Burdening After 19706 Intersectionality and Environmental Inequality in the Philadelphia Region7 Toward a “Rustbelt” Theory of U.S. Environmental Inequality
AppendixNotesIndex
