MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 120203s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780814799932 (cl : alk. paper)
020 $a9780814771938 (ebook)
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050 00 $aHV555.U6$bB846 2012
082 00 $a363.34/808996073$223
100 1 $aBullard, Robert D.$q(Robert Doyle),$d1946-
245 14 $aThe wrong complexion for protection :$bhow the government response to natural and unnatural disasters endangers African American communities /$cRobert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright.
260 $aNew York :$bNew York University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axviii, 299 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aDisaster relief$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aRacism in public welfare$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRacism in social services$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRacism$zUnited States.
700 1 $aWright, Beverly,$cPh. D.