Clean and White : a History of Environmental Racism in the United States.
Zimring, Carl A., 1969-
Clean and White : a History of Environmental Racism in the United States. - x, 275 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The biopolitics of waste -- pt. I. Antebellum roots : Thomas Jefferson's ideal ; The decay of the old -- pt. II. New constructions : Searching for order ; "How do you make them so clean and white?" -- pt. III. Material consequences : Dirty work, dirty workers ; Waste and space reordered -- pt. IV. Assimilation and resistance : Out of waste into whiteness ; "We are tired of being at the bottom" -- Conclusion: A dirty history.
From the age of Thomas Jefferson to the Memphis Public Workers strike of 1968 through the present day, ideas about race-- whites are "clean" and non-whites are "dirty"-- have shaped where people have lived, where people have worked, and how American society's wastes have been managed. Zimring draws on historical evidence from statesmen, scholars, sanitarians, novelists, activists, advertisements, and the United States Census of Population to reveal changing constructions of environmental racism, focusing on constructions of race and hygiene. The bigoted idea that non-whites are "dirty" remains deeply ingrained in the national psyche, continuing to shape social and environmental inequalities.
9781479826940 1479826944 9781479874378 147987437X
New York Univ Pr, Attn Order Entry Dept 838 Broadway 3rd Fl, New York, NY, USA, 10003-4812 SAN 658-1293
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Environmental racism--History.--United States
Environmental justice--United States.
Hygiene--Social aspects--United States.
Racism--History.--United States
Occupations and race.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--United States.
Racism
Systemic Racism
Environmental Justice
Social Determinants of Health
Professions et race.
Environmental racism.
Environmental justice.
Hygiene--Social aspects.
Occupations and race.
Racism.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects.
United States
United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
History.
GE230 / .Z56 2015
304.208900973
Clean and White : a History of Environmental Racism in the United States. - x, 275 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The biopolitics of waste -- pt. I. Antebellum roots : Thomas Jefferson's ideal ; The decay of the old -- pt. II. New constructions : Searching for order ; "How do you make them so clean and white?" -- pt. III. Material consequences : Dirty work, dirty workers ; Waste and space reordered -- pt. IV. Assimilation and resistance : Out of waste into whiteness ; "We are tired of being at the bottom" -- Conclusion: A dirty history.
From the age of Thomas Jefferson to the Memphis Public Workers strike of 1968 through the present day, ideas about race-- whites are "clean" and non-whites are "dirty"-- have shaped where people have lived, where people have worked, and how American society's wastes have been managed. Zimring draws on historical evidence from statesmen, scholars, sanitarians, novelists, activists, advertisements, and the United States Census of Population to reveal changing constructions of environmental racism, focusing on constructions of race and hygiene. The bigoted idea that non-whites are "dirty" remains deeply ingrained in the national psyche, continuing to shape social and environmental inequalities.
9781479826940 1479826944 9781479874378 147987437X
New York Univ Pr, Attn Order Entry Dept 838 Broadway 3rd Fl, New York, NY, USA, 10003-4812 SAN 658-1293
2015024582
GBB5G8557 bnb
017625769 Uk
Environmental racism--History.--United States
Environmental justice--United States.
Hygiene--Social aspects--United States.
Racism--History.--United States
Occupations and race.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects--United States.
Racism
Systemic Racism
Environmental Justice
Social Determinants of Health
Professions et race.
Environmental racism.
Environmental justice.
Hygiene--Social aspects.
Occupations and race.
Racism.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Social aspects.
United States
United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
History.
GE230 / .Z56 2015
304.208900973