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| Foreword | |
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| Series Editor's Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Modernity's Pollution Problems | |
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| Methodology | |
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| The Four Horsemen of the Toxic Apocalypse | |
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| Common Themes to Consider | |
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| The Blame Game | |
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| Conspiracy Theory and Historical Amnesia | |
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| The Moral Dimension | |
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| The Minamata Disaster and the True Costs of Japanese Modernization | |
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| Chisso Corporation | |
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| Disturbing Signs | |
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| Political and Cultural Obstacles | |
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| Lifting the Veil of Silence | |
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| The Battle Rejoined | |
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| Atomic Bombs, Godzilla, and the Culture of Victimization | |
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| Seeking Justice Outside the Courts | |
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| The Uniqueness of the Japanese Case | |
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| Minamata as a Global Event | |
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| The Appeal to Emotion | |
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| A New Way to Calculate Progress | |
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| A Lingering Toxicity | |
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| Sources | |
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| Struggling with the Disease | |
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| Those Who Remain Are Like Embers | |
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| The Confrontation at Goi | |
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| "Let a Feather Drop Onto Their Heads....": The Chisso Corporation Defends Itself | |
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| Love Canal and the Law of Unintended Consequences | |
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| The Unspoken Bargain | |
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| The Bargain Re-evaluated | |
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| Reports of Mysterious Substances | |
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| Science in the Service of the State | |
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| Long-Term Social and Political Effects | |
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| "Revitalizing" the Community | |
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| Sources | |
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| A Child's Death | |
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| A Curious Tax Audit | |
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| Passing the Buck | |
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| And Who Was Responsible? | |
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| The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Perfect Storm of Injustice | |
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| India, Union Carbide, and the Green Revolution | |
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| Complacency | |
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| Corporate and Popular Responses | |
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| Finger Pointing | |
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| The Legal Drama | |
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| A Silver Lining? | |
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| The Disaster Industry | |
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| Sources | |
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| Profit at All Costs? | |
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| Safety First? | |
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| A Medical Professional's Perspective | |
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| A Grassroots Perspective | |
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| The Controversy Continues | |
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| The Techno-Politics of Disaster: Chernobyl and the Collapse of the Soviet Union | |
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| Anatomy of an Accident | |
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| Political Fallout and Historical Context | |
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| Evacuation | |
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| The Blame Game | |
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| Toward an Explanation | |
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| Casualties and Health Consequences | |
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| Chernobyl after Chernobyl | |
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| Sources | |
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| A Misfortune Has Befallen Us | |
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| The Western Nuclear-Power Industry Reacts | |
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| The Myth of Chernobyl? | |
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| Victims and Heroes: Voices from Chernobyl | |
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| Epilogue: Making Connections | |
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| An Exception to the Rule | |
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| Language and Metaphor | |
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| Technological Transfers and the Web of Connections | |
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| The Cost-Benefit Calculus of Progress | |
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| Disasters as Cultural Mirrors | |
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| Disaster Imaginations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |