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Author Park, Lisa Sun-Hee, author.

Title The slums of Aspen : immigrants vs. the environment in America's Eden / Lisa Sun-Hee Park and David Naguib Pellow
Published New York : New York University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) : illustrations
Series Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history
Nation of newcomers.
Contents Introduction: environmental privilege in the Rocky Mountains -- The logic of Aspen -- The ultimate elite retreat -- Living in someone else's paradise -- Anti-immigrant fervor and the environmental movement -- Advocacy and social justice workers -- Conclusion: from dreams of privilege to visions of justice
Summary Environmentalism usually calls to mind images of peace and serenity, a oneness with nature, and a shared sense of responsibility. But one town in Colorado, under the guise of environmental protection, passed a resolution limiting immigration, bolstering the privilege of the wealthy and scapegoating Latin American newcomers for the area's current and future ecological problems. This might have escaped attention, save for the fact that this wasn't some rinky-dink backwater. It was Aspen, Colorado, playground of the rich and famous and the West's most elite ski town. Tracking the lives of immigra
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
Environmental policy -- Colorado -- Aspen
Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- Colorado -- Aspen
Immigrants -- Colorado -- Aspen -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Environmental policy
Environmentalism -- Political aspects
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Race relations
SUBJECT Aspen (Colo.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Aspen (Colo.) -- Race relations
Subject Colorado -- Aspen
Form Electronic book
Author Pellow, David N., 1969- author.
LC no. 2011017988
ISBN 9780814768044
0814768040
9780814768655
0814768652