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The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
By Johnson, Kirk Wallace
- ISBN
- 9781984880123
- Publisher
- Viking
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Reviewed on July 1, 2022 | Social Sciences
Shrimping was already a hardscrabble occupation on the Texas Gulf Coast when two significant changes took place in the 1970s. The one the predominantly white fishing community noticed was the arrival of Vietnamese refugees, who took to shrimping to gain a foothold in America. The one they disregarded was the rise of petrochemical plants with their attendant pollution, waste dumping, oil spills, and other profound environmental calamities. The manufacture...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
