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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New York Univ Pr
Publication date
March 14, 2014
Pages
243
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780814770924
ISBN-10
0814770924
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$26.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York. Now, Endicott is a contested toxic waste site. With its landscape thoroughly contaminated by carcinogens, Endicott is the subject of one of the nationâs largest corporate-state mitigation efforts. Yet despite the efforts of IBM and the U.S. government, Endicott residents remain skeptical that the mitigation systems employed were designed with their best interests at heart. Â
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In Toxic Town, Peter C. Little tracks and critically diagnoses the experiences of Endicott residents as they learn to live with high-tech pollution, community transformation, scientific expertise, corporate-state power, and risk mitigation technologies. By weaving together the insights of anthropology, political ecology, disaster studies, and science and technology studies, the book explores questions of theoretical and practical import for understanding the politics of risk and the ironies of technological disaster response in a time when IBMâs stated mission is to build a âSmarter Planet.âÂ
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Little critically reflects on IBMâs new corporate tagline, arguing for a political ecology of corporate social and environmental responsibility and accountability that places the social and environmental politics of risk mitigation front and center. Ultimately, Little argues that we will need much more than hollow corporate taglines, claims of corporate responsibility, and attempts to mitigate high-tech disasters to truly build a smarter planet.
Editions
Hardcover
from New York Univ Pr (March 14, 2014)
9780814760697 | details & prices | 243 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.18 lbs | List price $85.00
Paperback
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from New York Univ Pr (March 14, 2014)
9780814770924 | details & prices | 243 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $26.00
About: In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York.
About: In 1924, IBM built its first plant in Endicott, New York.
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