Race and the greening of Atlanta : inequality, democracy, and environmental politics in an ascendant metropolis /

Race and the greening of Atlanta : inequality, democracy, and environmental politics in an ascendant metropolis /

"Race and the Greening of Atlanta turns an environmental lens on Atlanta's ascent to thriving capital of the Sunbelt over the twentieth century. Uniquely wide ranging in scale, from the city's variegated neighborhoods up to its place in regional and national political economies, this...

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Main Author: Sellers, Christopher C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Series:Environmental history and the American South.
Subjects:
Civil rights movements > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Environmentalism > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Environmental justice > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Environmental conditions > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > History > 20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The View from Stone Mountain
  • Countrified City
  • Civil Rights Citizenship and Its Environments
  • Water Woes and Democratization
  • Making Citizenship Environmental
  • Jimmy Carter, Black Power, and the New Environmental State
  • Sprawling, Skewing, and Greening
  • Conservatism Remade, Environmentalism Eclipsed
  • Conclusion: Back to the Future?

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