Julie Sze is Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Davis. She has authored and edited three books and numerous articles on environmental justice and inequality, culture and environment, and urban and community health and activism.
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger is a rousing primer that illuminates the movement's core principles. It demonstrates how interconnected disparate social movements are and shows that they can coalesce into more powerful networks. * Foreword Reviews * A concise and powerful description of environmental injustices in various settings across the United States and its territories. * World Medical and Health Policy * A good introductory text for an environmental justice course but can also make for an easy read to provide some basic understanding on environmental justice to an unfamiliar audience. * Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences * The book will also no doubt become essential reading for everyone-both inside and outside the academy-who wishes to participate in building a more just, equitable, and habitable world, now and into the future. * ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment * In this 'moment of danger' Sze's book is a call to recognize how past, present, and future are intertwined. * Western American Literature *