Contaminated community : identity and activism in Libby, Montana
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Creator (cre): Massey, Maggie Cartwright Maloney
Advisor (adv): Abrams, Jesse
Department (dpt): Whitman College. Sociology - Environmental Studies
Date
May 9, 2012
Graduation Year
2012
Abstract
Widespread asbestos contamination and subsequent activism in Libby, Montana highlights the ways in which stories are used in identity formation and as tools for contesting power. The intensive activism that took place in Libby is characteristic of the larger environmental justice movement and offers important lessons about the nature of power and inequality in society.
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81 pages
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