Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071746SGL |
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| Number of Pages | : | 556 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Centered on Three Mile Island, it is actually a chronicle of postwar America, touching on everything from atomic-age anxieties, to declining faith in expertise, to the long-grinding pessimism of the 'anthropocene.' It is, in short, brilliant, among the best works of history I have read in years. This is an epic book, speaking to grand stakes. (Jeremy Varon, the New School)
She is the author of No Direction Home: The American Family and the Fear of National Decline, 1968-1980 (2007). . Natasha Zaretsky is associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University
The near-meltdown occurred at a pivotal moment when the New Deal coalition was unraveling, trust in government was eroding, conservatives were consolidating their power, and the political left was becoming marginalized. The first cultural history of the accident, Radiation Nation reveals the surprising ecological dimensions of post-Vietnam conservatism while showing how growing anxieties surrounding bodily illness infused the political realignment of the 1970s in ways that blurred any easy distinction between left and right.. Taking inspiration from the antiwar, environmental, and feminist movements, women at Three Mile Island crafted a homegrown ecological politics that wove together concerns over radiological threats to the body, the struggle over abortion and reproductive rights, and eroding trust in authority. Radiation Nation tells the story of what happened that day and in the months and years that followed, as local resi