To Love the Wind and the Rain : African Americans and Environmental History.

By: Glave, Dianne DContributor(s): Stoll, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Pittsburgh PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780822972907Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights | African Americans -- History | African Americans -- Social conditions | Environmental justice -- United States | Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States | Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- United States | Social justice -- United States | United States -- Environmental conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: To Love the Wind and the Rain : African Americans and Environmental HistoryDDC classification: 973/.0496073 LOC classification: E185Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. African American Environmental History: An Introduction -- 2. Slavery and the Origins of African American Environmentalism -- 3. Slave Hunting and Fishing in the Antebellum South -- 4. Rural African American Women, Gardening, and Progressive Reform in the South -- 5. Turpentine Negro -- 6. African Americans, Outdoor Recreation, and the 1919 Chicago Race Riot -- 7. Women, Environmental Rationale, and Activism during the Progressive Era -- 8. Nature and Blackness in Suburban Passage -- 9. Environmental Justice, Ecoracism, and Environmental History -- 10. Identity Politics and Multiracial Coalitions in the Environmental Justice Movement -- 11. Religion and African American Environmental Activism -- 12. Politicized Memories in the Struggle for Miami's Virginia Key Beach -- 13. Black Environmental Liberation Theology -- 14. Reflections on the Purposes and Meanings of African American Environmental History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: An examination of the relationship between African Americans and the environment in U.S. history, "To Love the Wind and the Rain" contains essays covering topics such as slavery, religion, the turpentine industry, gardening, outdoor recreation, women and politics.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. African American Environmental History: An Introduction -- 2. Slavery and the Origins of African American Environmentalism -- 3. Slave Hunting and Fishing in the Antebellum South -- 4. Rural African American Women, Gardening, and Progressive Reform in the South -- 5. Turpentine Negro -- 6. African Americans, Outdoor Recreation, and the 1919 Chicago Race Riot -- 7. Women, Environmental Rationale, and Activism during the Progressive Era -- 8. Nature and Blackness in Suburban Passage -- 9. Environmental Justice, Ecoracism, and Environmental History -- 10. Identity Politics and Multiracial Coalitions in the Environmental Justice Movement -- 11. Religion and African American Environmental Activism -- 12. Politicized Memories in the Struggle for Miami's Virginia Key Beach -- 13. Black Environmental Liberation Theology -- 14. Reflections on the Purposes and Meanings of African American Environmental History -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

An examination of the relationship between African Americans and the environment in U.S. history, "To Love the Wind and the Rain" contains essays covering topics such as slavery, religion, the turpentine industry, gardening, outdoor recreation, women and politics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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