Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island And The Political Transformation Of The 1970s PDF
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R A D I A T I O N N A T I O N THREE MILE ISLAND AND THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE 1970s N ATA S H A Z A R E T S K Y RADIATION NATION Radiation Nation THREE MILE ISLAND AND THE POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE 1970s Natasha Zaretsky Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup .columbia .edu Copyright © 2018 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Zaretsky, Natasha, 1970– author. Title: Radiation nation: Three Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s / Natasha Zaretsky. Other titles: Three Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s Description: New York: Columbia University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017038412 | ISBN 9780231179812 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231179805 (cloth: alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: United States—Politics and government—1977–1981. | Nuclear power plants—Accidents—Pennsylvania—Harrisburg Region. | Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)—Accidents—Social aspects. | Radiation injuries—United States—Social aspects. | Political ecology—United States—History—20th century. | Nationalism—United States— History—20th century. | Conservatism—Environmental aspects—United States. Classification: LCC E872 .Z37 2018 | DDC 363.17990974818—dc23 LC record available at https: //lccn .loc .gov /2017038412 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Cover image: © AP Photo/Harrisburg Patriot-News, Martha Cooper For Jonathan The accident had ruined a lot of lives. Or, to be exact, it had busted apart the structures on which those lives had depended— depended, I guess, to a greater degree than we had originally believed. A town needs its children for a lot more than it thinks. —Russell Banks, The Sweet Hereafter CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi List of Abbreviations xiii Preface xv Introduction 1 Chapter One The Culture of Dissociation and the Rise of the Unborn 15 Chapter Two The Accident and the Political Transformation of the 1970s 57 Chapter Three Creating a Community of Fate at Three Mile Island 101 Chapter Four The Second Cold War and the Extinction Threat 144 Conclusion 191
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