Environmental control
Charting a course for the Navajo reservation through road construction, 1945–1978
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10249487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Shapiro (0000-0002-2292-5165, American Institute of Physics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 391-413 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00225266211066801 |
| OpenAlex | W4200522265 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This article examines the history of road planning in the decades following the Second World War on the Navajo Nation. Federal highway planners and Navajo residents had conflicting ideas about the role of roads in the Nation's postwar development. The planners’ support for highways near uranium mines undermined efforts towards Navajo self-development and modernization. Federally planned and subsidized highways granted extractive industries control over large portions of the Nation. Those highways locked in a regime of environmental exploitation that caused severe and debilitating public health consequences for Navajo communities
Control (management · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Management · Modernization theory · Navajo · Political science · Reservation · Subsidy · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Public Administration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Northern Navajo Frontier 1860 1900
The Smell of the White Man Is Killing Us
Car Country
Happy Cly and the Unhappy History of Uranium Mining on the Navajo Reservation
The World Beyond the Windshield
The History of Uranium Mining and the Navajo People
Navajo Land, Navajo Culture
The Chinle Dog Shoots
Building the American Highway System
Entangled Pasts
Navajo Places
Roads
The Changing Nature of Country Roads
Indians and Energy
Bike Battles
Wastelanding
The Army and the Navajo
Legal Counsel and the Navajo Nation Since 1945
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |