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The Nuclear Peninsula

The Nuclear Peninsula

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringAnthropology

ISBN10: 0521041791
ISBN13: 9780521041799
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 18 2007
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Françoise Zonabend describes how those working there, and living nearby, reconcile themselves to the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. By analyzing work practices and language, the author provides a superb sociology of the nuclear workplace, with its divisions and hierarchies, and explains the often unexpected responses of the workers to the fear of contamination. This is a major contribution to the anthropology of modern life.

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