TY - BOOK AU - Checker,Melissa TI - Polluted Promises: Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town SN - 9780814772416 AV - GE235.G4 C46 2005 U1 - 363.7/009758/64 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Environmental justice--Georgia--Augusta KW - Hazardous waste sites--Environmental aspects--Georgia--Augusta--Case studies KW - Racism--United States KW - African Americans--Social conditions KW - Social justice--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. You Can Run, but You Can't Hyde -- 2. Race-ing the Environment -- 3. Old Heads -- In between the Tracks -- 4. Strange Fruit -- From Promised Land to Poisoned Land -- 5. Foot Soldiers -- Long Is the Struggle, Hard Is the Fight -- 6. Staying on Board -- Crossing Murky Waters -- 7. No Progress without Struggle -- Appendix A: Methods -- Appendix B: Getting Involved -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author N2 - No detailed description available for "Polluted Promises" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2081695 ER -