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A study of a grassroots campaign where longtime labor and environmental allies found themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that pitted good jobs against good air. It analyzes how those issues came to be opposed and in doing so unpacks the racial and class dynamics that shape Americans' grasp of labor and environmental issues.

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Highly original in conception and scopeàBrodkin demonstrates her consummate skills as a researcher in excavating the cityàand does so with verve. -- Rodolfo D. Torres * Professor of urban planning and Chicano studies, University of California, Irvin *

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. South Gate Transitions
2. Environmental Justice
3. Creating an Environmental Justice Campaign
4. Sunlaw's New Pollution Control Technology
5. The Perfect Storm
6. Finding Traction at South Gate High School
7. Going Public
8. Sudden Death

Power Politics Environmental Activism in South Los Angeles

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 8/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813546087, 978-0813546087
      ISBN10: 0813546087
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of a grassroots campaign where longtime labor and environmental allies found themselves on opposite sides of a conflict that pitted good jobs against good air. It analyzes how those issues came to be opposed and in doing so unpacks the racial and class dynamics that shape Americans' grasp of labor and environmental issues.

      Trade Review
      Highly original in conception and scopeàBrodkin demonstrates her consummate skills as a researcher in excavating the cityàand does so with verve. -- Rodolfo D. Torres * Professor of urban planning and Chicano studies, University of California, Irvin *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction

      1. South Gate Transitions
      2. Environmental Justice
      3. Creating an Environmental Justice Campaign
      4. Sunlaw's New Pollution Control Technology
      5. The Perfect Storm
      6. Finding Traction at South Gate High School
      7. Going Public
      8. Sudden Death

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