Political fallout : nuclear weapons testing and the making of a global environmental crisis /

Political Fallout' is the story of one of the first human-driven, truly global environmental crises-radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War-and the international response.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Higuchi, Toshihiro (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Testing.
Radioactive fallout.
Radioactive Fallout
Armes nucléaires > Essais.
Retombées radioactives.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
Nuclear weapons > Testing
Radioactive fallout
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES AND TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction. "TO PUT AN END TO THE CONTAMINATION OF MAN'S ENVIRONMENT"
  • Chapter 1. A STATE OF EMERGENCY
  • Chapter 2. "ATOMIC-BOMB TUNA"
  • Chapter 3. EPISTEMIC STALEMATE
  • Chapter 4. EPISTEMIC DIVIDE
  • Chapter 5. EPISTEMIC NEGOTIATIONS
  • Chapter 6. THE LOCAL TURN
  • Chapter 7. FALLOUT
  • Conclusion. "WE CAN LIVE IN STRENGTH WITHOUT ADDING TO THE HAZARDS OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET"
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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