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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Fox, Sarah Alisabeth, 1981- author.     Subjects     Nuclear weapons testing victims -- West (U.S.)     Nuclear weapons -- West (U.S.) -- Testing -- History.     Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Health aspects.     Radioactive fallout -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)     Radiation -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)     Uranium mines and mining -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)     Uranium miners -- Health and hygiene -- West (U.S.)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fox, Sarah Alisabeth, 1981- author.       by title:      Downwind : a people'...         MARC Display

Downwind : a people's history of the nuclear West / Sarah Alisabeth Fox. by Fox, Sarah Alisabeth, 1981- author. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2014. Subjects Nuclear weapons testing victims -- West (U.S.)   Nuclear weapons -- West (U.S.) -- Testing -- History.   Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Health aspects.   Radioactive fallout -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)   Radiation -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)   Uranium mines and mining -- Health aspects -- West (U.S.)   Uranium miners -- Health and hygiene -- West (U.S.) ISBN:  9780803255371 (cloth : alk. paper) : 0803255373 (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  xiii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  Living under the cloud -- Unearthing yellow monsters -- Home on the range -- Locally grown -- Writing down names -- Critical mass -- Conclusion. Requests:  0 Summary:  An unflinching tale that reveals the intentional disregard for human and animal life through nuclear testing by the federal government and uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War. Sarah Alisabeth Fox highlights the personal cost of nuclear testing and uranium extraction in the American West through extensive interviews with "downwinders," the Native American and non-Native residents of the Great Basin region affected by nuclear environmental contamination and nuclear-testing fallout. These downwinders tell tales of communities ravaged by cancer epidemics, farmers and ranchers economically ruined by massive crop and animal deaths, and Native miners working in dangerous conditions without proper safety equipment so that the government could surreptitiously study the effects of radiation on humans. In chilling detail Downwind brings to light the stories and concerns of these groups whose voices have been silenced and marginalized for decades in the name of "patriotism" and "national security."--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.73809 Fo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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