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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807985203321

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

1-4962-0766-1

0-8032-6950-1

0-8032-6949-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Disciplina

363.7380978

Soggetti

Uranium miners - Health and hygiene - West (U.S.)

Uranium mines and mining - Health aspects - Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah

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.)

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Infrastructure

SOCIAL SCIENCE - General

HISTORY - United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah

Nuclear industry - Health aspects

Nuclear weapons testing victims

Radiation - Health aspects

Uranium miners - Health and hygiene

Uranium mines and mining - Health aspects

West United States

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

Living under the cloud -- Unearthing yellow monsters -- Home on the range -- Locally grown -- Writing down names -- Critical mass -- Conclusion.

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>