Environmental Inequalities : Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980

Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Class, Race, and the Shaping of the Urban Landscape 1(14) The Perils of Pollution in the Steel City, 1945--1950 15(31) Opposition to Blind Progress: Middle-Class Environmentalism 46(31) Tired of Working in Pollution and Having It Follow Us Home: Working-Class Environmentalism 77(34) Rats, Roaches, and Smoke: African American Environmentalism 111(25) The Rise and Fall of an Environmental Coalition 136(18) The Social Geography of Pollution and the Politics of Sand 154(21) Epilogue: Gary and Beyond 175(8) Appendix 183(6) Notes 189(30) Bibliography 219(18) Index 237