Radiation nation : Three Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s

Radiation nation : Three Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s / Natasha Zaretsky.

"On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear reactor accident in U.S. history occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Central Pennsylvania. Radiation Nation tells the story of what happened then and in the following months and years, as residents tried to make sense of the emergency. The near...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.) > Accidents > Social aspects.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents.
Radiation injuries > Social aspects > United States.
Political ecology > United States > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Conservatism > Environmental aspects > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1977-1981.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The culture of dissociation and the rise of the unborn
  • The accident and the political transformation of the 1970s
  • Creating a community of fate at Three Mile Island
  • The second Cold War and the extinction threat
  • Conclusion.

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