Downwind of the Atomic State : atmospheric testing and the rise of the risk society / James C. Rice.
2023
TD195.N85 R53 2023
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Downwind of the Atomic State : atmospheric testing and the rise of the risk society / James C. Rice.
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9781479815371 (electronic bk.)
1479815373 (electronic bk.)
9781479815340
1479815349
9781479815364 electronic book
1479815365 electronic book
1479815373 (electronic bk.)
9781479815340
1479815349
9781479815364 electronic book
1479815365 electronic book
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2023]
Language
English
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1 online resource (x, 365 pages ): illustrations (black and white), maps.
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TD195.N85 R53 2023
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355.8/2511909790904
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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 fallout, and the effects on the communities lying downwind"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the Atomic State in the Great Basin
Uranium and the agency of nature in the risk society
Trinity and lessons not learned
The emerging atomic spectacular, 1950-51
The road to Upshot-Knothole, 1952
Dirty Harry and the material-discursive bind, 1953
Dead sheep and the fluidity of fallout
Respite, reconfiguration, and Operation Teapot, 1954-55
Bulloch et al. v. United States : deception and dirty science, 1956
Operation Plumbbob : accelerated testing in the shadow of a moratorium, 1957
Baby teeth, Project Sunshine, and a moratorium on testing, 1958-1962
Sedan, Silent spring, and the re-enchantment of nature
Conclusion : the legacy of atomic testing in the Great Basin.
Uranium and the agency of nature in the risk society
Trinity and lessons not learned
The emerging atomic spectacular, 1950-51
The road to Upshot-Knothole, 1952
Dirty Harry and the material-discursive bind, 1953
Dead sheep and the fluidity of fallout
Respite, reconfiguration, and Operation Teapot, 1954-55
Bulloch et al. v. United States : deception and dirty science, 1956
Operation Plumbbob : accelerated testing in the shadow of a moratorium, 1957
Baby teeth, Project Sunshine, and a moratorium on testing, 1958-1962
Sedan, Silent spring, and the re-enchantment of nature
Conclusion : the legacy of atomic testing in the Great Basin.