- Additional Authors
- Wright, Beverly (Sociologist)
- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 299 p.) : maps.
- Uniform Title
- Wrong complexion for protection (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Wrong complexion for protection (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: anatomy of vulnerability -- Race, place, and the environment in a small southern town: a personal perspective from Robert D. Bullard -- Growing up in a city that care forgot, New Orleans: a personal perspective from Beverly Wright -- The legacy of bias: hurricanes, droughts, and floods -- Recovery and reconstruction in post-Katrina New Orleans: a time for healing and renewal -- The wrong complexion for protection: response to toxic contamination -- Nightmare on Eno Road: poisoned water and toxic racism in Dickson, Tennessee -- Living and dying on the fenceline: response to industrial accidents -- Separate and unequal treatment: response to health emergencies, human experiments, and bioterrorism threats -- Critical conditions: fixing a broken system.
- LCCN
- 2012004485
- OCLC
- ssj0000739896
- Author
Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-
- Title
The wrong complexion for protection [electronic resource] : how the government response to disaster endangers African American communities / Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Wright, Beverly (Sociologist)