{"product_id":"environmental-racism-in-the-united-bruce-e-johansen-9781440864025","title":"Environmental Racism in the United States and Canada: Seeking Justice and Sustainability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Flint, Michigan, to Standing Rock, North Dakota, minorities have found themselves losing the battle for clean resources and a healthy environment. This book provides a modern history of such environmental injustices in the United States and Canada.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the 19th-century extermination of the buffalo in the American West to Alaska's Project Chariot (a Cold War initiative that planned to use atomic bombs to blast out a harbor on Eskimo land) to the struggle for recovery and justice in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017, this book provides readers with an enhanced understanding of how poor and minority people are affected by natural and manmade environmental crises. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for students as well as the general reader with an interest in social justice and environmental issues, this book traces the relationship between environmental discrimination, race, and class through a comprehensive case history of environmental injustices. \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Racism in the United States and Canada: Seeking Justice and Sustainability\u003c\/i\u003e includes 50 such case studies that range from local to national to international crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce E. Johansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440864020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440864025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Bruce E. Johansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173027705087,"sku":"9781440864025","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e4a0b5a-acc3-41fa-9acd-8dc31e224003.jpg?v=1689790657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/environmental-racism-in-the-united-bruce-e-johansen-9781440864025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}