Summer Gray Science Books: Coastal Injustice sku-1307735513

In the Shadow of the Seawall: Coastal Injustice and the Dilemma of Placekeeping is a hardcover Science Books title by Summer Gray (Edition 1), SKU sku-1307735513. Drawing on ethnographic observation and interviews in low-lying Guyana and the Maldives, Gray examines the dilemma of seawalls and efforts to resist displacement.

The book traces how centuries of injustice have contributed to growing ocean instability, making seawalls sites of conflict and negotiation over power and resistance. Stories of colonial ruination and green seawalls lead to placekeeping, a justice-oriented framework for adaptation and the global dangers of coastal disruption on the front lines of climate change.

Gray shows how seawalls are embedded in power relationships and in the work of making and keeping place.