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Toxic burn : the grassroots struggle against the WTI incinerator

Title
Toxic burn : the grassroots struggle against the WTI incinerator / Thomas Shevory.
Author
Shevory, Thomas C.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.

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Description
x, 280 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • WTI Incinerator (East Liverpool, Ohio)
  • United States. Environmental Protection Agency > Public relations
  • United States. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Environmental protection > Citizen participation
  • Hazardous wastes > Incineration > Government policy > Ohio > East Liverpool
  • Environmental protection > Citizen participation
  • Public relations
  • Bürgerbeteiligung
  • Umweltschutz
  • Umweltverwaltung
  • Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
  • Ohio > East Liverpool
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-267) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction : East Liverpool and the politics of power -- 1. Past as prelude : history and hazardous waste -- 2. Be careful what you ask for : the genesis of WTI -- 3. The center of the onion : property and ownership -- 4. Don't give up the fight : rhetorics of resistance -- 5. Risky business : counting the costs of incineration -- Conclusion : Where do we go from here? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix : WTI ownership patterns -- Notes -- Index.
ISBN
  • 9780816648528
  • 0816648522
  • 9780816648535
  • 0816648530
LCCN
2006039641
OCLC
  • ocm76871443
  • 76871443
  • SCSB-1428542
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library