1st Edition
Living Detroit Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis
By Brandon M. Ward
Copyright 2022
180 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
19 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In Living Detroit , Brandon M. Ward argues that environmentalism in postwar Detroit responded to anxieties over the urban crisis, deindustrialization, and the fate of the city. Tying the diverse stories of environmental activism and politics together is the shared assumption environmental activism could improve their quality of life.
Detroit, Michigan, was once the capital of industrial... Read more
Introduction: The Many Lives of Earth Day Chapter 1: Living Just Enough for Detroit Chapter 2: The Environmental Quest for a Livable Region Chapter 3: Factories, Fields, and Streams Chapter 4: The UAW Confronts the Urban Environmental Crisis Chapter 5: Black Environmentalism in an Age of Urban Crisis Chapter 6: Environmentalism in the Fragmented Metropolis Epilogue: Age of Crises
Biography
Brandon M. Ward is a Lecturer in History at Perimeter College, Georgia State University, USA.
