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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460087803321

Autore

Fox Sarah Alisabeth <1981->

Titolo

Downwind : a people's history of the nuclear West / / Sarah Alisabeth Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-6950-1

0-8032-6949-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Disciplina

363.7380978

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons testing victims - West (U.S.)

Nuclear weapons - Testing - West (U.S.) - History

Nuclear weapons - Testing - Health aspects

Radioactive fallout - Health aspects - West (U.S.)

Radiation - Health aspects - West (U.S.)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Living under the Cloud""; ""2. Unearthing Yellow Monsters""; ""3. Home on the Range""; ""4. Locally Grown""; ""5. Writing Down Names""; ""6. Critical Mass""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About Sarah Alisabeth Fox""

Sommario/riassunto

"In this incredibly important book, Sarah Alisabeth Fox effectively shows how the stories of regular people are to be trusted more than the words of the government and the experts when the latter are lying in a misguided attempt to protect national security."-Doug Brugge, professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine<DIV></DIV>