Transnational STS COVID-19 Project
This is the Transnational STS COVID-19 project page.
Timeline: Formosa Plastics and Whitney Plantation
This is a timeline of news and magazines articles focused on Formosa Plastic's purchased and proposed development of the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana.
Sugar plantations, Chemical Plants, COVID-19
The chemical plants in Cancer Alley are built where there once were sugar plantations. Descendants of enslaved communities still live nearby.
Formosa and Whitney Plantation: Lawsuits
Documents track legal challenges to Formosa's planned facility.
Formosa Plastics and Whitney Plantation: EPA
Essay details the EPA's role in compliance with Formosa's attempt to build the proposed facility. Articles detail community meetings with EPA members, and an EIS investigation of Formosa.
Plantations History Whitney
This collection offers detailed history and personal accounts of Whitney plantation, giving context to Formosa's attempts to purchase the land as well as providing critical commentary to these atte
Wimmer and Schiller critique methodological nationalism from multiple angles, examining the history of US immigration to make their case.