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1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Villas del Riachuelo : Life amidst hazards, garbage, and poison -- The compound and the neighborhood -- Toxic wor(l)ds -- The (confused and mistaken) categories of the dominated -- Exposed waiting -- Collective disbelief in joint action -- The social production of toxic uncertainty -- Conclusions : ethnography and environmental suffering. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So are its nearly five thousand sickened and frail inhabitants. How do poor people make sense of and cope with toxic pollution? Why do they fail to understand what is objectively a clear and present danger? How are perceptions and misperceptions shared wit. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
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| Subject |
Slums -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
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Hazardous wastes -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
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Poor -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires.
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Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
(OCoLC)fst01342111
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Poor people.
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Argentina -- Buenos Aires.
(OCoLC)fst01205786
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Poor.
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Hazardous wastes.
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Slums. (OCoLC)fst01121194
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Hazardous wastes. (OCoLC)fst00952447
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Poor people -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires.
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Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
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Slums.
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| Added Author |
Swistun, Débora Alejandra.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Auyero, Javier. Flammable. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009 9780195372946 0195372948 (DLC) 2008043342 (OCoLC)251214301 |
| Standard No. |
9786612053863 |
| ISBN |
9780199706686 (electronic bk.) |
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0199706689 (electronic bk.) |
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