Concrete Jungles

Concrete Jungles
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-13 : 9780190273590
ISBN-10 : 0190273593
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Book Synopsis Concrete Jungles by : Rivke Jaffe

Download or read book Concrete Jungles written by Rivke Jaffe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concrete Jungles explores the hidden geographies of injustice in the Caribbean islands, demonstrating how mainstream environmentalism reflects and reproduces racial and economic inequalities. Based on over a decade of ethnographic research in Kingston, Jamaica and Willemstad, Curaçao, Rivke Jaffe contrasts the environmentalism of largely middle-class professionals with the environmentalism of inner-city residents.


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