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The slums of Aspen

Park, Lisa Sun-Hee.

The slums of Aspen immigrants vs. the environment in America's Eden / [electronic resource] : Lisa Sun-Hee Park and David Naguib Pellow. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 275 p. :) ill. ; - Nation of newcomers : immigrant history as American history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: environmental privilege in the Rocky Mountains -- The logic of Aspen -- The ultimate elite retreat -- Living in someone else's paradise -- Anti-immigrant fervor and the environmental movement -- Advocacy and social justice workers -- Conclusion: from dreams of privilege to visions of justice.

9780814768044 0814768040




Immigrants--Social conditions.--Colorado--Aspen
Environmentalism--Political aspects--Colorado--Aspen.
Environmental policy--Colorado--Aspen.
Emigration and immigration--Environmental aspects.


Aspen (Colo.)--Race relations.
Aspen (Colo.)--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.


Electronic books.

JV6930.A76 / P37 2011

305.9/069120978843