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Gioielli (history, Univ. of Cincinnati Blue Ash Coll.) stresses that postwar urban environmental activism is often ignored in green history and is different from elitist wilderness environmentalism. He argues that the urban crisis of the 1960s and 1970s, caused by deliberate discriminatory postwar policies that encouraged urban deindustrialization and white flight, resulted in burdensome metropolitan social, economic, and environmental inequalities that were experienced by marginalized working- and middle-class Afri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More