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Polluted Promises
Environmental Racism and the Search for Justice in a Southern Town
Over the years, environmental racism has become the rallying cry for many communities as they discover the contaminations of toxic chemicals and industrial waste in their own backyards. This book shows that even in the post-civil rights era, race and class are key factors in determining the politics of pollution.
ISBN-13: 9780814716588 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Melissa Checker
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AUD $64.99
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Local release date: 31/08/2005
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Categories: Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]Political activism [JPW]Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP]Georgia [1KBBFG]

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Fighting for Us
In 'Fighting for US', Scot Brown presents at comprehensive history of the US organization, a Black nationalist group that played a leading role in Black Power politics and culture during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
ISBN-13: 9780814798782 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Scot Brown, Clayborne Carson
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AUD $56.99
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Local release date: 31/03/2005
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Categories: Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]Political activism [JPW]USA [1KBB]

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Gandhi
Behind the Mask of Divinity
For an unsuspecting Westerner, the reading of Gandhi as he is portrayed on these shelves can bring about the intended result. This book attempts to close the gap between the popularised Gandhi and the historical Gandhi. It aims to incite readers to be more open-minded and to seek to validate the "truths" presented.
ISBN-13: 9781573929981 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
G. B. Singh
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AUD $62.99
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Local release date: 30/06/2004
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Categories: Biography: general [BG]Political activism [JPW]India [1FKA]

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The Radical Lives of Helen Keller
Despite her disabilities, Helen Keller worked tirelessly for human rights and other political issues.
ISBN-13: 9780814758137 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Kim E. Nielsen
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AUD $171.00
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Local release date: 31/01/2004
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]Disability: social aspects [JFFG]Political activism [JPW]

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Fighting for Us
This title explores the fascinating history of the Us Organization, a Black nationalist group based in California that played a leading role in Black Power politics and culture during the late 1960s and early '70s whose influence is still felt today.
ISBN-13: 9780814798775 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Scot Brown, Clayborne Carson
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AUD $171.00
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Local release date: 31/08/2003
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Categories: Black & Asian studies [JFSL3]Political activism [JPW]USA [1KBB]

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We are the Poors
Community Struggles in Post-apartheid South Africa
While the end of apartheid in South Africa signaled the end of legalized formal inequality, material inequality in South Africa is on the rise and new political movements have arisen to combat oppression and the neoliberal agenda of the African National Congress and the corporate globalizers. Desai
ISBN-13: 9781583670507 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
Ashwin Desai
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Local release date: 18/11/2002
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Categories: Sociology & anthropology [JH]Political activism [JPW]Republic of South Africa [1HFMS]

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Going South
Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Compelling first-hand stories of Jewish women fighting racism in the American south while coming of age in the shadow of the Holocaust.
ISBN-13: 9780814797754 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Debra L. Schultz, Blanche Wiesen Cook
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Local release date: 31/10/2002
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Categories: History: specific events & topics [HBT]Social discrimination & inequality [JFFJ]Gender studies: women [JFSJ1]Ethnic studies [JFSL]Jewish studies [JFSR1]Civil rights & citizenship [JPVH1]Political activism [JPW]USA [1KBB]c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) [3JJP]

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Bending Over Backwards
Essays on Disability and the Body
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics.
ISBN-13: 9780814719497 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Lennard J. Davis, Michael Berube
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AUD $184.00
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Local release date: 01/10/2002
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Disability: social aspects [JFFG]Political activism [JPW]

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Bending Over Backwards
Essays on Disability and the Body
Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the legal system, the history of science and medicine, eugenics, and genetics.
ISBN-13: 9780814719503 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Lennard J. Davis, Michael Berube
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AUD $60.99
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Local release date: 01/10/2002
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Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]Disability: social aspects [JFFG]Political activism [JPW]