{"product_id":"polluted-promises-melissa-checker-9780814716571","title":"Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssociation for Humanist Sociology 2007 Book Award co-winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Steward Award 2006 Runner-Up\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne community's fight against industrial contamination and environmental racism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past two decades, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they discover the contaminations of toxic chemicals and industrial waste in their own backyards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiving next door to factories and industrial sites for years, the people in these communities often have record health problems and debilitating medical conditions. Melissa Checker tells the story of one such neighborhood, Hyde Park, in Augusta, Georgia, and the tenacious activism of its two hundred African American families. This community, at one time surrounded by nine polluting industries, is struggling to make their voices heard and their community safe again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolluted Promises\u003c\/b\u003e shows that even in the post-civil rights era, race and class are still key factors in determining the politics of pollution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Checker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814716571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814716571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Melissa Checker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086915219711,"sku":"9780814716571","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24754afe-dae1-42cd-8e90-3445d9128123.jpg?v=1769097298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polluted-promises-melissa-checker-9780814716571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}