Concrete jungles [electronic resource] : urban pollution and the politics of difference in the Caribbean / Rivke Jaffe.
2016
GE160.C27 J34 2016eb
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Concrete jungles [electronic resource] : urban pollution and the politics of difference in the Caribbean / Rivke Jaffe.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780190273620 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190273583 doi
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GE160.C27 J34 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.7309729
Summary
'Concrete Jungles' explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities.
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'Concrete Jungles' explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 26, 2016).
Series
Global and comparative ethnography.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Caribbean cities in comparative perspective
Excavating the traces of empire
Fragmented cities
Urban naturalisms: pollution, space and power
Uptown environmentalism
Downtown environmentalism
Coda.
Caribbean cities in comparative perspective
Excavating the traces of empire
Fragmented cities
Urban naturalisms: pollution, space and power
Uptown environmentalism
Downtown environmentalism
Coda.