Race and the Greening of Atlanta : Inequality, Democracy, and Environmental Politics in an Ascendant Metropolis /

"Race and the Greening of Atlanta turns an environmental lens on Atlanta's ascent to thriving capital of the Sunbelt over the twentieth century. Uniquely wide ranging in scale, from the city's variegated neighborhoods up to its place in regional and national political economies, this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sellers, Christopher C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Environmentalism.
Environmental justice.
Economic history.
Ecology.
Civil rights movements.
Environmental justice > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Environmentalism > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Atlanta.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations.
Atlanta (Ga.) > History > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Environmental conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The View from Stone Mountain
  • Countrified City
  • Civil Rights Citizenship and Its Environments
  • Water Woes and Democratization
  • Making Citizenship Environmental
  • Jimmy Carter, Black Power, and the New Environmental State
  • Sprawling, Skewing, and Greening
  • Conservatism Remade, Environmentalism Eclipsed
  • Conclusion: Back to the Future?

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