Books+ Search Results
Toxic water, toxic system : environmental racism and Michigan's water war
Title
Toxic water, toxic system : environmental racism and Michigan's water war / Michael Mascarenhas ; [with We the People of Detroit].
ISBN
9780520343863
0520343867
9780520343870
0520343875
9780520975217
Publication
[Oakland, California] : University of California Press, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
xxiii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book makes explicit the racial, ethnic, and gendered forms of environmental injustice that culminate from the collective, intersecting, and multi-scaler consequences of a seemingly anonymous authoritarian state willing to maintain white supremacy at any cost, including poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of people"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Mascarenhas, Michael, 1963- Toxic water, toxic system [Oakland, California] : University of California Press, [2024]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 28, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Thirsty for environmental justice
In the service of white privilege
Flint : the anvil of democracy
Building the Karegnondi
Foundation colonialism
Emergency (as a paradigm of) management
Waged war
Environments of injustice
The water is off
Detroit water shutoffs
Shutoff and shut-out
We charge genocide.
Subjects
Also listed under
We the People of Detroit (Organization), author.
Bookmark As
Citation
