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Downwind: A People's History of the Nuclear West

Downwind: A People's History of the Nuclear West

Fox, Sarah Alisabeth

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesRegional: West

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 1496207661
ISBN13: 9781496207661
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: Oct 1 2018
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Downwind is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.

Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear testing fallout. Those residents 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.

With the renewed boom in mining in the American West, Fox's look at this hidden history, unearthed from years of field interviews, archival research, and epidemiological studies, is a must-read for every American concerned about the fate of our western lands and communities.

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