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Downwind of the Atomic State : Atmospheric Testing and the Rise of the Risk Society
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"This book employs archival research and theoretical insights on the organizational production of risk to examine the hazards of atmospheric atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site and radioactive f...
"This book employs archival research and theoretical insights on the organizational production of risk to examine the hazards of atmospheric atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site and radioactive fallout, and the effects on the communities lying downwind"--
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Piraí : New York University Press, 2023
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (377 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781479815371, 1479815373, 1479815349
- OCLC
- on1350452979
- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Atomic State in the Great Basin -- Part I: Fallout and Failures of Foresight -- 1. Uranium and the Agency of Nature in the Risk Society -- 2. Trinity and Lessons Not Learned -- 3. The Emerging Atomic Spectacular, 1950-1951 -- 4. The Road to Upshot-Knothole, 1952 -- Part II: Upshot-Knothole and the Fluidity of Nature -- 5. Dirty Harry and the Material-Discursive Bind, 1953 -- 6. Dead Sheep and the Fluidity of Fallout -- Part III: The Long Road to Taming the Atomic State -- 7. Respite, Reconfiguration, and Operation Teapot, 1954-1955 -- 8. Bulloch et al. v. United States: Deception and Dirty Science, 1956 -- 9. Operation Plumbbob: Accelerated Testing in the Shadow of a Moratorium, 1957 -- 10. Baby Teeth, Project Sunshine, and a Moratorium on Testing, 1958-1962 -- 11. Sedan, Silent Spring, and the Reenchantment of Nature -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Atomic Testing in the Great Basin -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
Subjects
- Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- History -- 20th century.
- Radioactive fallout -- West (U.S.)
- Radioactive pollution -- West (U.S.)
- Nuclear weapons testing victims -- West (U.S.).
- Nevada National Security Site (Nev.) -- Environmental aspects.
- Great Basin -- Environmental conditions.
- United States -- Military policy -- 20th century.