Garbage Wars
Subtitle: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago (Urban and Industrial Environments)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: September 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780262162128
Subjects: Urban communities; Waste management; Ecological Politics; Environmental Sociology; Technology; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Science; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Engineering - Civil; Chicago; Environmental justice; Illinois; Refuse and refuse disposal; Social aspects
First sentence: Solid waste is a fact of life.
Description: "In this book, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them from 1880 to 2000. What unfolds is a tug of war among social movements, government, and industry over how we manage our waste, who benefits, and who pays the costs."--BOOK JACKET.