Water, Waste, and Disease: Struggles of Chinese communities and environmental racism in California, 1870-1910

Liu, Danni (2023): Water, Waste, and Disease: Struggles of Chinese communities and environmental racism in California, 1870-1910. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften

Abstract

This study takes a fresh look at the anti-Chinese movement in California in the late 19th century through the lens of environmental humanities, with a focus on environmental justice and environmental racism. The dissertation examines the complex role that water played in the history of Chinese immigration to the United States in the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. This includes various forms of water, such as sewage and different methods of controlling and managing water resources. Drawing on contemporary understandings of the connections between water, pollution, and disease, this research shows how built environments contributed to environmental injustice against Chinese communities.

• Dokumententyp: Dissertationen (Dissertation, LMU München)
• Keywords: Environmental injustice, Environmental racism, Chinese American history, California sanitary reform
• Fakultäten: Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
• Sprache der Hochschulschrift: Englisch
• Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 17. Februar 2023
• 1. Bericht­erstatter:in: Lübken, Uwe