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Baptized in PCBs : race, pollution, and justice in an all-American town /

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Main Authors: Spears, Ellen Griffith
Published: The University of North Carolina Press,
Publisher Address: Chapel Hill :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: New directions in southern studies
Subjects:
Monsanto Company > History
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects > Alabama > Anniston
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Health aspects > Alabama > Anniston
Environmental justice > Alabama > Anniston
Environmental health > Alabama > Anniston
African Americans > Health and hygiene > Alabama > Anniston
Working class > Health and hygiene > Alabama > Anniston
Anniston Ala. > Environmental conditions
Anniston Ala. > Race relations
Anniston Ala. > Social conditions
Carrier Form: xxiv, 440 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-409) and index.
ISBN: 9781469627298 (paperback) :
1469627299 (paperback)
9781469611716 (cloth : alkaline paper)
1469611716 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781469611723 (ebook)
1469611724 (ebook)
1469615592 (electronic book)
9781469615592 (electronic book)
Index Number: TD427
CLC: R996
X327
Call Number: X327/S741
Contents: Abbreviations -- Introduction: Toxic Knowledge -- The Model City : A Romance of the New South -- The War for Chemical Supremacy -- Monsanto's Move "Down South" -- A Technological High Command -- War in a Time of Peace -- The Nature of the Poison -- The Death of Aroclors -- Challenging the Green Dragon -- Contaminated Bodies, Contaminated Soil -- Witnessing the Explosion in Toxic Torts -- Aftershocks -- Epilogue: Remodeling the Model City.

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