The greenlining of Staten Island : environmental preservation and racial segregation, 1945-1995 / Patrick D. Nugent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nugent, Patrick D., Author.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/2bd30659-dd27-c8d4-fbef-19cd058ec9e6

Historical studies of urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Environmentalism.

Environmentalism--Political aspects--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Environmental policy--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Environmental policy.

Zoning, Exclusionary--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Zoning, Exclusionary.

Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Staten Island (New York, N.Y.).

Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations.

Environmentalism--Political aspects.

Race relations.

New York (State)--New York.

New York (State)--New York--Staten Island.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

pages cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Patrick D. Nugent shows that the political and environmental history of Staten Island is key to understanding how environmentalism has been used to reinforce racial discrimination not just in New York City but nationwide. Nugent demonstrates how postwar economic and political trajectories intersected in the 1960s with the rising consciousness of environmentalism to create a distinctive laboratory in Staten Island, where white communities and politicians heeded the rising call for the preservation of green space--but only as a tool to maintain racial segregation. As a result, environmentalists could point to some communities that had instrumentally embraced their objectives, though not their values"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Greenlining "the forgotten borough"

Fresh Kills landfill and the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge, 1916-1966

Open space and the Annadale-Huguenot Urban-Renewal Plan, 1961-1969

Richmond Parkway and the Staten Island Greenbelt, 1964-1972

New towns and national parks, 1967-1973

Community planning boards and ecological zoning, 1969-1976

The Staten Island greenbelt, 1979-1994

"Black ecology" on Sandy Ground, 1969-1997

Staten Island secession and environmental justice, 1983-1999

Epilogue : resiliency planning and a tale of two cities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780226728964

022672896X

9780226849478

0226849473

OCLC:

1552577347