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Flammable

Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown

Flammable( )
Author: Auyero, Javier
As told to: Swistun, Débora Alejandra
ISBN:978-0-19-537293-9
Publication Date:Apr 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $32.99
Book Description:

In this collaborative ethnography, Javier Auyero and Débora Alejandra Swistun-who was born and raised in the dreadfully polluted shantytown in Buenos Aires from which the book takes its name-vividly describe everyday life in Flammable and depict how this ongoing, slow-motion environmental disaster is experienced and understood by its residents.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Pollution Control
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9.1 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:0.744 Pounds



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