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The Tainted Desert: Environmental and Social Ruin in the American West

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  • Apr 3, 1998
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Valerie L. Kuletz
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For decades, nuclear testing in America's southwest was shrouded in secrecy, with images gradually made public of mushroom clouds blooming over the desert. Now, another nuclear cris... Show More

For decades, nuclear testing in America's southwest was shrouded in secrecy, with images gradually made public of mushroom clouds blooming over the desert. Now, another nuclear crisis looms over this region: the storage of tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste. TaintedDesert maps the nuclear landscapes of the US inter-desert southwest, a land sacrificed to the Cold-War arms race and nuclear energy policy.

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Number of Pages: 368

ISBN: 0415917719

ISBN-13: 9780415917711

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