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"When Joe Biden attempted to compliment Barack Obama by calling him "clean and articulate," he unwittingly tapped into one of the most destructive racial stereotypes in American history. This book tells the history of the corrosive idea that whites are clean and those who are not whit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimring, Carl A., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Environmental justice > United States.
Hygiene > Social aspects > United States.
Racism > United States > History.
Occupations and race.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects > United States.
Justice environnementale > États-Unis.
Hygiène > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Professions et race.
Déchets > Élimination > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE/Human Geography.
NATURE/Ecology.
Environmental justice.
Hygiene > Social aspects.
Racism.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Social aspects.
Rassismus
Umwelt
United States.
Etats-Unis.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Biopolitics of Waste; PART I. ANTEBELLUM ROOTS; 1. Thomas Jefferson's Ideal; 2. The Decay of the Old; PART II. NEW CONSTRUCTIONS; 3. Searching for Order; 4. "How Do You Make Them So Clean and White?"; PART III. MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES; 5. Dirty Work, Dirty Workers; 6. Waste and Space Reordered; PART IV. ASSIMILATION AND RESISTANCE; 7. Out of Waste into Whiteness; 8. "We Are Tired of Being at the Bottom"; Conclusion: A Dirty History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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