Laid to Waste

A History of the Stringfellow Acid Pits
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-0-520-39434-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 281 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Laid to Waste tells the story of the Stringfellow Acid Pits, a toxic waste disposal site in Riverside County that was designated California’s first Superfund site after years of sustained organizing by local residents. Drawing on archival sources, government records, and oral histories, Brinda Sarathy reveals how toxic waste disposal became foundational to the postwar development of Southern California’s Inland Empire as officials promoted technological optimism and economic expansion at the cost of contaminating groundwater and harming working-class communities. Sarathy also chronicles how communities fought back, transforming Stringfellow into a landmark environmental justice case and a testament to the power of community organizing in hazardous waste cleanup.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarathy, Brinda

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Über Autor(innen)

Brinda Sarathy is Dean and Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. She is author of Pineros: Latino Labor and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest and coeditor of two volumes, most recently Inevitably Toxic: Historical Perspectives on Contamination, Exposure, and Expertise.