The slums of Aspen [electronic resource] : immigrants vs. the environment in America's Eden / Lisa Sun-Hee Park and David Naguib Pellow.

9780814768044 (electronic bk.)
9780814768037
9780814768655 (electronic bk.)

New York : New York University Press, 2011.

English

1 online resource (ix, 275 p.) : ill.

JV6930.A76 P37 2011eb

305.9/069120978843

Environmentalism usually calls to mind images of peace and serenity, a oneness with nature, and a shared sense of responsibility. But one town in Colorado, under the guise of environmental protection, passed a resolution limiting immigration, bolstering the privilege of the wealthy and scapegoating Latin American newcomers for the area's current and future ecological problems. This might have escaped attention, save for the fact that this wasn't some rinky-dink backwater. It was Aspen, Colorado, playground of the rich and famous and the West's most elite ski town.

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