Tainted Desert Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West

Name: Tainted Desert Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West
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ISBN: 9780415917711

ISBN-10: 0415917719

ISBN-13: 9780415917711

Edition: 1998

Authors: Valerie L. Kuletz

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With The Tainted Desert, Valerie Kuletz maps the nuclear landscapes of the US inter-desert Southwest, a land sacrificed to the Cold War arms race and nuclear energy policy.

Book details

List price: $58.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/3/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations/Maps


Legend of Map Symbols


List of Acronyms


Preface


Acknowledgments



Mapping the Nuclear Landscape



Introduction



Tragedy at the Center of the Universe



Science Cities in the Desert



Nuclear Wasteland



Power, Representation, and Cultural Politics at Yucca Mountain



The View from Yucca Mountain



Cultural Politics



The Country of Lost Borders



Aboriginal Homeland



The Experimental Landscape



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index