1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBE600200007065

Titolo

Literary text and language study / edited by Ronald Carter and Deirdre Burton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Arnold, 1982

Descrizione fisica

115 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Explorations in Language Study

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797254003321

Titolo

Proving grounds : militarized landscapes, weapons testing, and the environmental impact of U.S. bases / / editor, Edwin A. Martini ; contributors, Yooil Bae [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-295-80594-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 333 pages)

Disciplina

355.70286

Soggetti

Military bases - United States - Environmental aspects

Military bases, American - Environmental aspects

Nuclear weapons - Testing - Environmental aspects

United States Military policy Environmental aspects

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bases, Places, and the Layered Landscapes of American Empire / Edwin A. Martini; 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land: Emergency Powers and the



Militarization of American Public Lands / Brandon C. Davis; 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs: Policy Making, Environmental Science, and U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1945-1958 / Neil Oatsvall; 3. Incident at Galisteo: The 1955 Teapot Series and the Mental Landscape of Contamination / Leisl Carr Childers

4. ""This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here"": Agent Orange, Johnston Atoll, and the Rise of Military Environmentalism / Edwin A. Martini5. The War on Plants: Drug Control, Militarization, and the Rehabilitation of Herbicides in U.S. Foreign Policy from Operation Ranch Hand to Plan Colombia / Daniel Weimer; 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy?: Policy on Public Participation in U.S. Military Superfund Sites / Jennifer Liss Ohayon; 7. Reality Revealed: U.S. Military Bases, Environmental Impact, and Civil Society in South Korea / Heejin Han and Yooil Bae

8. A Wildlife Insurgency: The Endangered Species Act, Citizen-Initiated Lawsuits, and the Department of Defense at the End of the Cold War / Katherine M. Keirns9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States / David G. Havlick; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index