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Author Zimring, Carl A., 1969- author.

Title Clean and White : a history of environmental racism in the United States / Carl A. Zimring.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, 2017.
©2015

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  304.2089 Z76C    Check Shelf
Description x, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Environmental justice -- United States.
Hygiene -- Social aspects -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Occupations and race.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Social aspects -- United States.
Environmental justice. (OCoLC)fst00913104
Hygiene -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00965356
Occupations and race. (OCoLC)fst01043438
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01092953
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 147987437X
9781479874378
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