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Living Detroit - Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,273
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Living Detroit - Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis (Paperback): Brandon M. Ward

Living Detroit - Environmental Activism in an Age of Urban Crisis (Paperback)

Brandon M. Ward

Series: Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series

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In Living Detroit, Brandon M. Ward 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. Detroit, Michigan, was once the capital of industrial prosperity and the beacon of the American Dream. It has since endured decades of deindustrialization, population loss, and physical decay - in short, it has become the poster child for the urban crisis. This is not a place in which one would expect to discover a history of vibrant expressions of environmentalism; however, in the post-World War II era, while suburban, middle-class homeowners organized into a potent force to protect the natural settings of their communities, in the working-class industrial cities and in the inner city, Detroiters were equally driven by the impulse to conserve their neighborhoods and create a more livable city, pushing back against the forces of deindustrialization and urban crisis. Living Detroit juxtaposes two vibrant and growing fields of American history which often talk past each other: environmentalism and the urban crisis. By putting the two subjects into conversation, we gain a richer understanding of the development of environmental activism and politics after World War II and its relationship to the crisis of America's cities. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in environmental, urban, and labor history.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series
Release date: November 2021
First published: 2022
Authors: Brandon M. Ward
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-33442-0
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
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LSN: 0-367-33442-9
Barcode: 9780367334420

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