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In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one of the nation's largest corporate-state mitigation efforts. Yet despite the efforts of IBM and the U...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Little, Peter C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Temas:
International Business Machines Corporation.
International Business Machines Corporation
Hazardous waste sites > New York (State) > Endicott.
Hazardous waste site remediation > New York (State) > Endicott.
Computer industry > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > Endicott.
Computer industry > Waste disposal > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > Endicott.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > New York (État) > Endicott.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > New York (État) > Endicott.
Informatique > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > Endicott.
Informatique > Industrie > Déchets > Élimination > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > Endicott.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Computer industry > Environmental aspects
Ecology
Hazardous waste site remediation
Hazardous waste sites
Endicott (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions.
New York (State) > Endicott
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one of the nation's largest corporate-state mitigation efforts. Yet despite the efforts of IBM and the U.S. government, Endicott residents remain skeptical that the mitigation systems employed were designed with their best interests at heart. In Toxic Town, Peter C. Little tracks and critically diagnoses the experiences of Endicott residents as they learn to live with high-tech pollution, community t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index.
ISBN:9780814764510
0814764517

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