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Author Jaffe, Rivke, author.

Title Concrete jungles : urban pollution and the politics of difference in the Caribbean / Rivke Jaffe
Edition First edition
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Series Global and comparative ethnography
Global and comparative ethnography.
Contents Cover; Series; Concrete Jungles; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Caribbean Cities in Comparative Perspective; 3. Colonial Landscapes of Paradise and Pollution; 4. Fragmented Cities; 5. Urban Naturalisms; 6. Uptown Environmentalism; 7. Downtown Environmentalism; 8. Coda; Notes; References; Index
Summary 'Concrete Jungles' explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities
Notes This edition previously issued in print: 2016
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 26, 2016)
Subject Urban pollution -- Caribbean Area
Environmental sociology -- Caribbean Area
Social classes -- Caribbean Area
Equality -- Caribbean Area
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Caribbean Area
Human ecology -- Caribbean Area
Environmental sociology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Environmental sociology
Equality
Human ecology
Social classes
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban pollution
Caribbean Area
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190273620
0190273623
9780190273606
0190273607