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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: 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.

Author/Creator:

Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-

Contributors:

Wright, Beverly, Ph. D.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The wrong complexion for protection: how the government response to disaster endangers African American communities [by Bullard, R.D.]

Subjects:

Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States

African Americans — Civil rights

African Americans — Social conditions

Racism in public welfare — United States

Racism in social services — United States

Racism — United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HV555.U6 B846 2012eb

ISBNs:

9780814763841 (electronic bk.)
0814763847 (electronic bk.)
9780814799932 (cl, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0814799930 (cl, alk. paper) [Invalid]
9780814771938 (ebook) [Invalid]
0814771939 (ebook) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

843208664

Other Control Numbers:

EBC865758 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp9315742