Tinicum & eastwick: environmental justice and racial injustice in southwest philadelphia

Auteur :
Caverly, Will
Éditeur :
Casemate Publishers
ISBN :
9781955041140
Date de publication :
8 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
When plans to overhaul Southwest Philadelphia in the 1950s scheduled both the integrated neighborhood of Eastwick and the ecologically valuable Tinicum marshes to be razed, two grassroots movements took up the cause—battling eminent domain in the name of environmental conservation and economic injustice.