Chronicles from the Environmental Justice Frontline
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521669009
Subjects: Social issues; The Environment; General; Environmental Studies; Social Science; Sociology - General; Sociology; Louisiana; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental justice--Louisiana--Case studies; Social Science / General; Case studies; Environmental justice; Environmental policy
First sentence: Driving along Interstate 10 from east New Orleans to Baton Rouge, the traveler first climbs steeply over the Industrial Canal between the Mississippi River and the Intracoastal Waterway and then drops just as precipitously, rumbling past dingy railroads and industrial land before passing signs for the French Quarter.