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Book Title: Environmental Justice In Postwar America: A Documentary Read...
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
Publication Name: Environmental Justice in Postwar America : a Documentary Reader
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Minority Studies, Ethnic Studies / General, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / 20th Century, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Height: 1.1 in
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Christopher W. Wells
Subject Area: Nature, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics Ser.
Format: Hardcover
