Environmental Justice in North America

ISBN-13: 9781032080376 / Miękka / 2023 / 400 str.

Opis

Emphasizing the voices of activists, this book’s diverse contributors examine communities’ common experiences with environmental injustice, how they organize to address it, and the ways in which their campaigns intersect with related movements such as Black Lives Matters and Indigenous sovereignty.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Race, Place, and Environmental Justice in the United States  1. Urban Environmental Justice Movements in the United States  2. Resilience at the Periphery: North America’s Non-Urban Environmental Justice Movements  3. Intercultural Alliances  Part 2: Indigenous Movements and Environmental Justice in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean  4. Environmental Justice in Hawaiʻi and Oceania  5. Alaska Native Environmental Activism  6. Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Beyond: The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s Climate Change Advocacy Work  7. Ecocide, Ethnic Rights, and Extractivism: Struggles for Environmental Justice in Mexico  8. Plundered Paradise: The Puerto Rican Struggle Against Environmental Colonialism  Part 3: Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, and Sustainability  9. Indigenous Environmental Justice, Renewable Energy Transition, and the Infrastructure of Sovereignty  10. The Food Justice Movement  11. "We Are Missing Our Lessons to Teach You One": Youth Activists on the Frontlines of Climate Justice

O autorze

Paul C. Rosier is Professor of History and Director of the Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest at Villanova University. He is the author of multiple books and articles on Native American History and Environmental History and co-editor of two essay collections.