| Series |
California series in public anthropology ; volume 54
California series in public anthropology ; 54. ^A520608
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Failed development in Baltimore's toxic periphery : a history -- Free your voice : an origin story -- Fighting the nation's largest trash-to-energy incinerator -- "Whose land? our land!" : land trusts as fair development -- Learn so we don't have to burn : zero waste is our future -- Conclusion -- Postscript : a letter of confession to the activist-scholar. |
| Abstract |
"Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to the proposed construction of an incinerator and to unequal land use practices, and initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Fabricant, Nicole. Fighting to breathe Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] 9780520976627 |
| LCCN | 2022022528 |
| ISBN | 9780520379312 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520379314 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780520379329 paperback |
| ISBN | 0520379322 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
