In the CUNY+ catalog, use keywords such as “environmental racism” and “environmental justice”.
Also, try a “Subject begins with…” search and use the following subject headings:
Environmental justice Environmental justice – New York (State) – New York
Environmental justice – political aspects
Environmental justice – United States Also try an search to find more books
You can also peruse the following call number ranges in the stacks/circulating collection in the library:
GE 1-350 Environmental sciences
HV 6401 Environmental crime/green criminology
RA 565-600 Environmental health
Use the CUNY+ catalog to find print, online books and other materials in John Jay's Lloyd Sealy Library. You can also search for items at other CUNY libraries.
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Confronting environmental racism: Voices from the grassroots. Bullard, R.D. (Ed.) (1993)
This anthology brings together different voices in environmental justice activism and illustrates the range of issues addressed by the movement.
HC 110 .E5 C665 1993 Stacks
The cooperation challenge of economics and the protection of water supplies: A case study of the New York City Watershed Collaboration.
Hoffman, J. (2010).
HD1694.N7H642010 Stacks
Deadly dust: Silicosis and the on-going struggle to protect workers' health. Rosner, D. and Markowitz, G. (2006).
RC774.R672006. Stacks
Deceit and denial: The deadly politics of industrial pollution. Markowitz, G.E. (2002)
Examines corporate involvement in the production of toxic chemicals and the effect of these chemicals on workers and the wider public.
RA 566 .M265 2002 Stacks
Environmental crime: A reader. White, R. (Ed.). (2009).
HV6401.E582009 Reserve Room (3-hr loan)
Environmental justice in Latin America: Problems, promise, and practice.
Carruthers, D.V. (2008).
Ebook: http://bit.ly/1aYNAoq
Lead wars: The politics of science and the fate of America's children. Markowitz, G. and Rosner, D. (2013).
RA1231.L4M3652013 Reserve Room (3-hr and 3-day loan available) and ebook http://bit.ly/R35w5h
Noxious New York: The racial politics of urban health and environmental justice. Sze, J. (2007)
Covers the history and emergence of environmental justice organizing in New York.
GE 235 .N7 S94 2007 Stacks
The quest for environmental justice: Human rights and the politics of pollution. Bullard, R.D. (Ed.) (2005)
Provides an updated portrait of environmental justice activism and struggles in the early twenty-first century.
GE 220 .Q47 2005 Stacks
Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Bullard, R.D. and Wright, B. (2009). Ebook: http://bit.ly/1dBd1cX
Weighning in: Obesity, food justice, and the limits of capitalism. Gutham, J. (2011).
Stacks RA645.O23 G88 2011
The environmental justice exhibit, installed in December 2013, displayed a range of titles in the field from environmental crime to food justice. For a list of the books on display, click on the exhibit handout below.