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Reveals the dark underside of environmental privilege

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Environmental Privilege in the Rocky Mountains 1 The Logic of Aspen 2 The Ultimate Elite Retreat 3 Living in Someone Else's Paradise 4 Nativism and the Environmental Movement 5 Advocacy and Social Justice Workers Conclusion: Dreams of Privilege/Visions of Justice Notes on Research Methods Notes References Index About the Authors

About the Author

Lisa Sun-Hee Park (Author)
Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Entitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform as well as co-author of The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy and The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden.
David Pellow (Author)
David N. Pellow is the Dehlsen Chair of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His teaching and research focus on environmental and ecological justice in the U.S. and globally.

Reviews

"A clear description of a troubling problem and an important contribution to debates on immigration policy." Kirkus "As the limits to growth discourse gains currency, Park and Pellow's groundbreaking book is a must-read. Tracing the nativism that has bedeviled the environmental movement for decades, they tell the fascinating story of eco-conscious, upscale Aspen, which was gripped by anti-immigrant fervor in the name of 'saving the planet.' A great addition for courses on environment, race, class, social activism and contemporary problems." Juliet Schor, Boston College, and author of The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need "Two barrels of leftist buckshot, aimed at America's ruling class." -Ted Conover, author of Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing and Whiteout: Lost in Aspen "A brilliant, darkly funny expose of Aspen, the ruling classes' green utopia, and the invisible, scorned immigrant labor that makes it all possible." Mike Davis, author of Magical Urbanism and No One is Illegal "As Lisa Sun-Hee Park and David Naguib Pellow make clear, we can't tackle today's environmental problems without simultaneously solving social ones. The Slums of Aspen is a must read for all of us who want not just a green and healthy economy, but also a fair and just one."-Annie Leonard, Author and Host, The Story of Stuff