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By examining environmental change through the lens of conflicting social agendas, Andrew Hurley uncovers the historical roots of environmental inequality in contemporary urban America. Hurley's study focuses on the steel mill community of Gary, Indiana, a city that was sacrificed, like a thousand other American places, to industrial priorities in the decades following World War II. Although this period witnessed the emergence of a powerful environmental crusade and a resilient quest for equality and social justice among blue-collar workers and African Americans, such efforts often conflicted with the needs of industry. To secure their own interests, manufacturers and affluent white suburbanites exploited divisions of race and class, and the poor frequently found themselves trapped in deteriorating neighborhoods and exposed to dangerous levels of industrial pollution. In telling the story of Gary, Hurley reveals liberal capitalism's difficulties in reconciling concerns about social justice and quality of life with the imperatives of economic growth. He also shows that the power to mold the urban landscape was intertwined with the ability to govern social relations.

Environmental policy --- NIMBY syndrome --- Pollution --- Social classes --- Social aspects --- Gary --- Gary (Ind.) --- Environmental conditions --- Race relations --- Social conditions --- Environmental conditions. --- Race relations. --- Social conditions. --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Locally unwanted land use syndrome --- LULU syndrome --- Nimbyism --- Not-in-my-back-yard syndrome --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- Gary, Ind. --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Land use --- Self-interest --- Environmental auditing --- Miller (Gary, Ind.) --- Environmental policy - Social aspects - Indiana - Gary --- NIMBY syndrome - Indiana - Gary --- Pollution - Social aspects - Indiana - Gary --- Social classes - Indiana - Gary --- Gary (Ind.) - Environmental conditions --- Gary (Ind.) - Race relations --- Gary (Ind.) - Social conditions