The treadmill of destruction: National sacrifice areas and Native Americans

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 558-575

  Hooks, Gregory ^a   Smith, Chad L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GEOPOLITICS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7744239560     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900405     Document Type: Article

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