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Smoke and Mirrors: Smelter Pollution and the Cultural Construction of Environmental Narratives on the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1970-1988

机译:烟和镜子:冶炼厂污染和美墨边境的环境叙事的文化建构,1970-1988年

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Working at the nexus of environmental, cultural, and Borderlands history, my research, "Smoke and Mirrors: Smelter Pollution and the Cultural Construction of Environmental Narratives in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands," follows the evolving late 20th-century debates over transnational smelter pollution in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. The region has pivoted around copper mining since the late 19th century and by the mid-1900s, the transnational copper industry, concentrated in Douglas, Arizona, and Cananea and Nacozari, Sonora, coupled with the prevalence of maquiladoras in Agua Prieta, produced a severe air pollution problem. In reaction to environmental damage and public health problems, concerned citizens on both sides of the border organized to legally enforce existing environmental regulations and improve local conditions. The ensuing struggle over local air quality in the small towns of Douglas, Cananea, and Nacozari--coined the "Gray Triangle"--quickly escalated to national environmental and economic conversations, and resulted in international cooperation and legislation.
机译:在研究环境,文化和边疆地区的关系时,我的研究“烟与镜子:冶炼厂污染和美墨边境的环境叙事的文化建设”,紧跟20世纪晚期关于跨国冶炼厂污染的争论不断发展在亚利桑那州南部和墨西哥北部索诺拉州。自19世纪末以来,该地区一直以铜矿开采为中心,到1900年代中期,跨国铜业集中在亚利桑那州的道格拉斯,索诺拉岛的Cananea和Nacozari,再加上在Agua Prieta的马奎拉多拉斯盛产,空气污染问题。为了应对环境破坏和公共卫生问题,边界两侧的有关公民组织起来,合法地执行了现有的环境法规并改善了当地条件。随后在道格拉斯,卡纳纳和纳科萨里等小镇进行的有关当地空气质量的斗争(简称“灰色三角”)迅速升级为全国环境和经济对话,并导致了国际合作和立法。

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    Capaldo Stephanie Marie;

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