Living Detroit - Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis

This book 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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Brandon M. Ward is a Lecturer in History at Perimeter College, Georgia State University, USA.

Summary

This book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Brandon M. Ward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367334437
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33443-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Detroit, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental Management, Science / Environmental Science, Urban communities, Environmental science, engineering and technology