Working on Earth : Class and Environmental Justice /

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"Working on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice is a collection of scholarly essays that examine the relationship between the exploitation of the working-class and environment injustices in the US and Canada. These scholars, from the fields of environmental humanities and environmental socia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Westerman, Jennifer (Editor ), Robertson, Christina, 1960- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class > Social conditions.
Working class.
Human ecology.
Environmental justice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
workers.
working class.
human ecology.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Travailleurs > Canada > Études de cas.
Travailleurs > Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs.
Écologie humaine.
Justice environnementale.
Working class > United States > Case studies.
Working class > Canada > Case studies.
United States.
Canada.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Working on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice is a collection of scholarly essays that examine the relationship between the exploitation of the working-class and environment injustices in the US and Canada. These scholars, from the fields of environmental humanities and environmental social sciences, seek to assess the current unprecedented rates of environmental degradation, expanding economic inequality, and wide-spread social injustice. Without dividing worker from wilderness, or labor from landscape, they present solutions to the global climate crisis. Ultimately, this book advances the idea of a working-class ecology that must be an integral part of achieving just and sustainable human development"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (295 pages).
ISBN:9780874179644

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