Packing them in : an archaeology of environmental racism in Chicago, 1865-1954 / Sylvia Hood Washington.

Contents Social Darwinism, scientific racism, and birth of the environmental leper -- An archaeology of the modern environmental justice movement -- Justice in the jungle: immigrants and environmental racism in the back of the yards, 1880-1930 -- Engineering and environmental inequality: the rise and fall of the notorious "bubbly creek" -- Planning and environmental inequalities: race, place, and environmental health in Chicago -- "We fight blight": block beautiful and the Urban Conservation Movement in Chicago's Black Belt, 1915-1954 -- Epilogue: raisins in the sun: postmodern environmental justice struggles in Chicago.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004017904
ISBN0739105728 (alk. paper)
ISBN0739110292 (alk. paper)

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