David Stradling and Richard Stradling. Where the River Burned

The study of urban environmental history has been growing rapidly in the last generation. The literature in the field has been marked by the publication of a set of edited collections that feature essays on aspects of the environmental history of a particular city on topics such as air and water pollution, rivers, landscape alterations, and the destruction and reshaping of natural elements. Other monographic volumes have explored the environmental history of specific cities such as Boston, New York, and Seattle. In addition, a large body of literature on environmental justice issues has been published that focuses on the exposure of minorities to urban environmental hazards such as toxic industrial fumes, waste incineration plants, and lead poisoning. Few studies, however, attempt to link up the so-called urban crisis of the last quarter of the twentieth century directly with environmental issues. This volume by David Stradling and Richard Stradling, focusing on Cleveland in the 1960s and the mayoralty of Carl Stokes, brings together these two factors in an enlightening fashion.

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