Radiation ecologies: bombs, bodies, and environment during the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing period, 1942-1965

From 1945 to 1963 the United States Atomic Energy Commission detonated over 200 nuclear weapons tests at its Nevada and Pacific test sites, irradiating every living thing on the planet. Much of the historical scholarship on the period has focused on the scientific debate over the health effects of l...

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Main Author: Jessee, Emory Jerry
Language:en
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2013/jessee/JesseeE0513.pdf