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- Environmental justice -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (Wash.) -- Antiquities (1)
- Garden archaeology -- Methodology (1)
- Hazardous waste sites -- Location -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- 19th century (1)
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- Human smuggling -- United States -- 21st century (1)
- Human trafficking -- United States -- 21st century (1)
- Income distribution -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Indentured servants -- United States -- 21st century (1)
- Minorities -- Health and hygiene -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Power (Social sciences) -- Washington (State) -- 19th century (1)
- Slave labor -- United States -- 21st century (1)
- Slavery -- United States -- 21st century (1)
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Assessing Environmental Inequality In Portland, Oregon: An Exploration Of Local Environmental Justice Struggles, Jordan Douglas Folks
Assessing Environmental Inequality In Portland, Oregon: An Exploration Of Local Environmental Justice Struggles, Jordan Douglas Folks
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis explores patterns of environmental inequality in Portland, Oregon; both the existence of spatial environmental inequalities and the structural and local forces which contribute to them. Research on environmental inequality, or inequitable exposure to toxins, has shown that minority and low-income populations experience the bulk of the exposure to environmental hazards. Although Portland is often cited as the archetype of a sustainable city, environmental inequality is a pervasive issue. This thesis examines the health inequalities that characterize underserved communities in Portland. Utilizing a mixed methods approach, the researcher uses 1) logistic regression to statistically assess the relationship between race, …
Human Trafficking And Slavery: Towards A New Framework For Prevention And Responsibility, Dana S. Hathaway
Human Trafficking And Slavery: Towards A New Framework For Prevention And Responsibility, Dana S. Hathaway
Dissertations and Theses
Human trafficking and slavery are horrific crimes that require strict penalties for perpetrators and effective protections for survivors, but these crimes are in part facilitated by a system of laws and norms that effectively marginalize certain populations--the "unskilled" migrant. In this thesis I aim to reexamine and reinterpret the problem of human trafficking and slavery in a way that highlights the background conditions to the problem. I argue that the framework used as a conceptual foundation for addressing the problem limits the scope of responsibility. Specifically, the framework fails to acknowledge structural contributing factors I show to be relevant: law, …
A Historical And Archaeological Study Of The Nineteenth Century Hudson's Bay Company Garden At Fort Vancouver: Focusing On Archaeological Field Methods And Microbotanical Analysis, Elaine C. Dorset
Dissertations and Theses
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), a British fur-trading enterprise, created a large garden at Fort Vancouver, now in southwest Washington, in the early- to mid-19th century. This fort was the administrative headquarters for the HBC's activities in western North America. Archaeological investigations were conducted at this site in 2005 and 2006 in order to better understand the role of this large space, which seems incongruous in terms of resources required, to the profit motive of the HBC. Questions about the landscape characteristics, and comments by 19th century visitors to the site provided the impetus for theoretical research of gardens as …