Stewards of the Land by Stevie Ruiz PAPERBACK 9781469693354

Name: Stewards of the Land by Stevie Ruiz PAPERBACK 9781469693354
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press

The history of the environmental movement\u2014from environmentalism of the nineteenth century to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentieth century\u2014has often been portrayed as a series of efforts led by white environmentalists. In Stewards of the Land, Stevie Ruiz reassesses the movement and reveals that it has always been a multiracial endeavor. From Southern California berry fields to Japanese American concentration camps, from Chinese cooks in national parks to Chicano Civilian Conservation Corps workers, Ruiz traces how the racialized labor and environmental knowledge of Asian migrants and Chicana/o communities built the material foundations of modern environmentalism. \n Stewards of the Land argues that environmental justice was never just a reaction to pollution in the\n\nStewards of the Land\nRace and Reclaiming Environmental Labor in the American West\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mai;