Sewing environmental justice into African-American sweetgrass basket-making in the South Carolina Lowcountry

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-168

  Halfacre, Angela ^a   Hurley, Patrick T ^b   Grabbatin, Brian ^c  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GRASS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

HIEROCHLOE;

EID: 77951951220     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0064     Document Type: Article

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