Radiation Nation : : Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s / / Natasha Zaretsky.
On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear reactor accident in U.S. history occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Central Pennsylvania. Radiation Nation tells the story of what happened that day and in the months and years that followed, as local residents tried to make sense of the emergency....
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Zaretsky, Natasha, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Radiation Nation : Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s / Natasha Zaretsky. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource : 26 b&w figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Culture of Dissociation and the Rise of the Unborn -- Chapter Two The Accident and the Political Transformation of the 1970s -- Chapter Three Creating a Community of Fate at Three Mile Island -- Chapter Four The Second Cold War and the Extinction Threat -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear reactor accident in U.S. history occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in Central Pennsylvania. Radiation Nation tells the story of what happened that day and in the months and years that followed, as local residents tried to make sense of the emergency. 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. Using the accident to explore this turning point, Natasha Zaretsky provides a fresh interpretation of the era by disclosing how atomic and ecological imaginaries shaped the conservative ascendancy.Drawing on the testimony of the men and women who lived in the shadow of the reactor, Radiation Nation shows that the region's citizens, especially its mothers, grew convinced that they had sustained radiological injuries that threatened their reproductive futures. 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. This politics was shaped above all by what Zaretsky calls "biotic nationalism," a new body-centered nationalism that imagined the nation as a living, mortal being and portrayed sickened Americans as evidence of betrayal. 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022) Conservatism Environmental aspects United States. Nationalism United States History 20th century. Nuclear power plants Accidents Pennsylvania Harrisburg Region. Political ecology United States History 20th century. Radiation injuries Social aspects United States. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606607 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English 9783110604252 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 9783110603255 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2018 English 9783110604030 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2018 9783110603149 ZDB-23-DEG print 9780231179805 https://doi.org/10.7312/zare17980 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231542487 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231542487/original |
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