Books written by Karen Piper
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
For instance, Oxford professor Herbert Frankel simply changed his title from “professor of colonial economic affairs” to “professor of the economics of underdeveloped countries”— but his ideas were essentially the same.
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Left in the Dust: How Race and Politics Created a Human and Environmental Tragedy in L.A.
Karen Piper, one of the victims who grew up breathing that dust, reveals the shocking truth behind this tragedy and examines how waste and pollution are often neglected to encourage urban growth, while poor, non-white, and rural areas are ...
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Left in the Dust: How Race and Politics Created a Human and Environmental Tragedy in L.A.
... 56 Harriman, Job, 42 Hart, John, 146–147 Hayden, Tom, 22, 151–152 Hill, Susan, 111 Hitchcock, Alfred, 46 Hoffman, ... 176 Huntington, Henry E., 24–25, 34, 67 Hurley, Andrew, 24 Imperial Valley, 116–117, 184–185 Indian Wells Valley, ...
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A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert
A surreal and poignant coming of age on a secretive missile facility, and "an incredible view of...life in a town built for war."--Booklist The China Lake missile range is located...
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
Karen Piper leads us through the frighteninglandscape where thirst is political, drought is a business opportunity, andmultinational corporations control our most necessary natural resource.Visiting the hot spots of water scarcity and the ...
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A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert
Growing Up in America's Secret Desert Karen Piper. little-known community, from WWII all the way through 9/11, and examines how her family navigated life in a town built for war.” —Booklist “This is a fascinating look at growing up in ...