The Toxic Ship: The Voyage of the Khian Sea and the Global Waste Trade - Couverture souple

Müller, Simone M.

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ISBN 10 : 0295751835 ISBN 13 : 9780295751832

Editeur : University of Washington Press, 2023

Synopsis

Winner of the 2025 Hagley Prize for the Best Book in Business History from the Business History Conference and the Hagley Library Winner of the 2025 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award from the International Studies Association An infamous voyage explores the hazardous waste trade and environmental justice In 1986 the Khian Sea, carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Philadelphia, began a two-year journey, roaming the world's oceans in search of a dumping ground. Its initial destination and then country after country refused to accept the waste. The ship ended up dumping part of its load in Haiti under false pretenses, and the remaining waste was illegally dumped in the ocean. Two shipping company officials eventually received criminal convictions. Simone M. Müller uses the Khian Sea's voyage as a lens to elucidate the global trade in hazardous waste—the movement of material ranging from outdated consumer products and pesticides to barges filled with all sorts of toxic discards—from the 1970s to the present day, exploring the story's international nodes and detailing the downside of environmental conscientiousness among industrial nations as waste is pushed outward. Müller also highlights the significance of the trip's start in Philadelphia, a city with a significant African American population. The geographical origins shed light on environmental racism within the United States in the context of the global story of environmental justice. Activism in response to the ship's journey set an important precedent, and this book brings together the many voices that shaped the international trade in hazardous waste.

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À propos des auteurs

Simone M. Müller is DFG-Heisenberg Professor for Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities at the University of Augsburg, Germany. She is author of Wiring the World: The Social and Cultural Creation of Global Telegraph Networks (Columbia University Press, 2016).

Paul Sutter is series editor for the Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books series. He is professor of history at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has published five books, including Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement (UWP, 2005) and Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies: Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South (Georgia, 2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0295751835
• ISBN 13: 9780295751832
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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