General
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Environment
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Call Number: 333.72 En8aThis major anthology is the first to apply a fully interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. Ten innovative case studies - climate shock, species endangerment, nuclear power, biotechnology, sustainable development, deforestation, environmental security, globalization, wilderness, and the urban environment - are followed by readings from specific disciplines. -
The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainability
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Call Number: eBook Available OnlineThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of sustainability through a diverse range of case studies spanning across varied fields and areas of expertise. It provides a clear indication as to the contemporary state of sustainability in a time faced by issues such as global climate change, challenges of environmental justice, economic globalization and environmental contamination. -
Rachel Carson: Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment (LOA #307)
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Call Number: 363.7384 C23soRarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. -
Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice
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Call Number: eBook Available OnlineDrawing together a multidisciplinary range of authors from the Global North and South, this Handbook addresses some of the most salient topics in current climate justice research, including just transition, urban climate justice, and public engagement, in addition to the field's more traditional focus on gender, international governance and climate ethics.
Earth & Environmental Responsibility
The resources included in this guide are organized by some of the many lenses through which we can examine the human impact on Earth and her environments.
The concepts presented here are all integrated and entwined, so you may see the same book in multiple categories. Dividing resources this way is somewhat arbitrary given the level of connection between these topics, but allows you to examine a smaller portion of the whole if there is a specific sub-topic you are interested in.
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Chicago & Illinois
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City of Lake and Prairie: Chicago's Environmental History
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Call Number: 307.760977311 C49kDrawing on its contributors' interdisciplinary talents, this volume reveals a rich but often troubled landscape shaped by communities of color, workers, and activists as well as complex human relations with industry, waterways, animals, and disease. -
Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago
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Call Number: 363.702 P36gIn this book, the sociologist David Pellow describes the politics of garbage in Chicago. He shows how garbage affects residents in vulnerable communities and poses health risks to those who dispose of it. He follows the trash, the pollution, the hazards, and the people who encountered them from 1880 to 2000. -
Packing Them In: An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Chicago, 1865-1954
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Call Number: 305.800977311 W27pWashington excavates and tells the stories of Chicago's poor, working class, and ethnic minority neighborhoods―such as Back of the Yards and Bronzeville―that suffered disproportionately negative environmental impacts and consequent pollution related health problems. -
Urban Green: Nature, Recreation, and the Working Class in Industrial Chicago
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Call Number: 790.109773 F53u OR eBook Available OnlineWhile narrating a crucial era in the history of Chicago's urban development, Fisher makes important interventions in debates about working-class leisure, the history of urban parks, environmental justice, the African American experience, immigration history, and the cultural history of nature.
