Wastelanding : Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country /

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Wastelanding tells the history of the uranium industry on Navajo land in the U.S. Southwest, asking why certain landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them come to be targeted for disproportionate exposure to environmental harm. Uranium mines and mills on the Navajo Nation land have long supplied U....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Voyles, Traci Brynne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Social Sciences.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Uranium mines and mining > Social aspects.
Uranium mines and mining > Political aspects.
Radiation > Health aspects.
Navajo Indians > Health and hygiene.
Navajo Indians > Government relations.
Indians of North America.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Indiens d'Amerique > Amerique du Nord.
Uranium > Mines et extraction > Aspect social > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Uranium > Mines et extraction > Aspect politique > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Navajo (Indiens) > Sante et hygiene > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Navajo (Indiens) > Relations avec l'État > Histoire > 20e siecle.
History, 20th Century
Indians, North American
Minority Health
Miners
Mining > legislation & jurisprudence
Uranium > adverse effects
Radioactive Waste > adverse effects
Radiation > Health aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Uranium mines and mining > Social aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Uranium mines and mining > Political aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Navajo Indians > Health and hygiene > History > 20th century.
Navajo Indians > Government relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Navajo Indian Reservation.
New Southwest.
Navajo Indian Reservation > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Southwestern United States
Navajo Indian Reservation > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: In search of treasure
  • Introduction: Sacrificial land
  • Empty except for Indians : early impressions of Navajo rangeland
  • Prospecting for magic ore in America's new frontier
  • Cowboys and Indians in Navajo country
  • Hot spots: justice, power, and gender in the radioactive present
  • Monsters and mountains: competing geographies of uranium
  • The big hurt: boom and bust on contested ground
  • Conclusion. Zombie mines: the future of uranium and Native sovereignty.

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