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The meanings of a disaster : Chernobyl and its afterlives in Britain and France /
"The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance-not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the European continent, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2021.
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| Colección: | Environment in history ;
20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance-not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the European continent, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the discourses and narratives that arose in the wake of the incident among both state and nonstate actors. It gives a thorough account of the stereotypes, framings, and "othering" strategies that shaped Western European responses to the disaster as well as nuclear policy up to the present day"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 227 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789207033 1789207037 |