Downwind : A People's History of the Nuclear West /

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An unflinching tale that reveals the intentional disregard for human and animal life through nuclear testing by the federal government and uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War. Sarah Alisabeth Fox highlights the personal cost of nuclear testing and uranium extracti...

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Main Author: Fox, Sarah Alisabeth, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Uranium mines and mining > Health aspects.
Uranium miners > Health and hygiene.
Radiation > Health aspects.
Nuclear weapons testing victims.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Health aspects.
Nuclear industry > Health aspects.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Radiation
Radiation > Health aspects > West (U.S.)
Nuclear industry > Health aspects > West (U.S.)
Nuclear weapons testing victims > West (U.S.)
Uranium mines and mining > Health aspects > Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
Uranium miners > Health and hygiene > West (U.S.)
West United States.
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Living under the cloud
  • Unearthing yellow monsters
  • Home on the range
  • Locally grown
  • Writing down names
  • Critical mass
  • Conclusion.

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