{"product_id":"fighting-to-breathe-race-toxicity-and-the-rise-of-youth-activism-in-baltimore-volume-54-paperback","title":"Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore Volume 54 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicole Fabricant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndustrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. \u003ci\u003eFighting to Breathe\u003c\/i\u003e follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how these young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting to Breathe\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital narrative that challenges not only the systems and people that hold power but also the organizers and activists who are building power. Readers will be convinced that we each have an obligation to dismantle Baltimore's toxic environmental ecologies.--Lawrence T. Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What a concrete examination of a fight for environmental justice! Nicole Fabricant delivers an excellent analysis of the development of a struggle around economic justice in Baltimore. She provides the historical foundation for a scholarly yet passionate look at a conflict in a city in transition, with a focus on the actual work of young activists.\"--Bill Fletcher Jr., author of \u003ci\u003e\"They're Bankrupting Us!\" and 20 Other Myths about Unions\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fabricant centers the gripping stories of youth fighting for the right to breathe in Baltimore while providing a nuanced exploration of the role of an activist-scholar in the trenches. A thread of urgency weaves throughout the book, from environmental injustice and police violence to the global pandemic. This is a book of our moment.\"--Nicole King, coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Baltimore Revisited: Stories of Inequality and Resistance in a US City\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicole Fabricant \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Anthropology at Towson University in Maryland. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMobilizing Bolivia's Displaced: Indigenous Politics and the Struggle over Land \u003c\/i\u003eand is co-executive editor of \u003ci\u003eNACLA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReport on the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408875798706,"sku":"9780520379329","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7970aa71052d7fee24fc99d323cf23b8.webp?v=1778253530","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fighting-to-breathe-race-toxicity-and-the-rise-of-youth-activism-in-baltimore-volume-54-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}