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OverviewIndustrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nicole FabricantPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Volume: 54 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780520379329ISBN 10: 0520379322 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 13 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations List of Characters Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Failed Development on Baltimore’s Toxic Periphery: A History 2. Free Your Voice: An Origin Story 3. Fighting the Nation’s Largest Trash-to-Energy Incinerator 4. “Whose Land? Our Land!”: Land Trusts as Fair Development 5. Compost! Learn So We Don’t Have to Burn: Zero Waste Is Our Future Conclusion Postscript: A Letter of Confession to the Activist Scholar Notes References IndexReviews"“Eye-opening and inspiring."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies *" Author InformationNicole Fabricant is Professor of Anthropology at Towson University in Maryland. She is the author of Mobilizing Bolivia's Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land and is co–executive editor of NACLA Report on the Americas. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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