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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Carolyn Merchant -- African American environmental history: an introduction / Dianne D. Glave, Mark Stoll -- Slavery and the origins of African American environmentalism / Mart A. Stewart -- Slave hunting and fishing in the antebellum South / Scott Giltner -- Rural African American women, gardening, and progressive reform in the South / Dianne D. Glave -- Turpentine Negro / Cassandra Y. Johnson, Josh McDaniel -- African Americans, outdoor recreation, and the 1919 Chicago Race Riot / Colin Fisher -- Women, environmental rationale, and activism during the progressive era / Elizabeth D. Blum -- Nature and blackness in suburban passage / Christopher Sellers -- Environmental justice, ecoracism, and environmental history / Martin V. Melosi -- Identity politics and multiracial coalitions in the environmental justice movement / Eileen M. McGurty -- Religion and African American environmental activism / Mark Stoll -- Politicized memories in the struggle for Miami's Virginia Key Beach / Gregory Bush -- Black environmental liberation theology / Dianne D. Glave -- Reflections on the purposes and meanings of African American environmental history / Carl Anthony. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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African Americans -- History.
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- United States.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States.
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Environmental justice -- United States.
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Social justice -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States -- Environmental conditions.
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Electronic books.
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Glave, Dianne D., editor.
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Stoll, Mark, 1954- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: "To love the wind and the rain" : African Americans and environmental history. Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2006] xiii, 271 pages ; 24 cm. 9780822942757 (OCoLC)ocm61240514 (DLC) 2005020899 |
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0822942755 (acid-free paper) |
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0822958996 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780822942757 |
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9780822972907 (electronic bk.) |
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