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03492aam a2200613 i 4500 001 9F5E320EF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 221117s2023 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022036132 020 $a 1479815349 020 $a 9781479815340 035 $a (OCoLC)1348138896 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-nv $a n-usp-- $a n-us-nv 050 00 $a TD195.N85 $b R53 2023 082 00 $a 355.8/2511909790904 $2 23/eng/20221205 100 1 $a Rice, James C., $e author. 245 10 $a Downwind of the Atomic State : $b atmospheric testing and the rise of the risk society / $c James C. Rice. 264 1 $a New York : $b New York University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a x, 365 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : the Atomic State in the Great Basin -- Uranium and the agency of nature in the risk society -- Trinity and lessons not learned -- The emerging atomic spectacular, 1950-51 -- The road to Upshot-Knothole, 1952 -- Dirty Harry and the material-discursive bind, 1953 -- Dead sheep and the fluidity of fallout -- Respite, reconfiguration, and Operation Teapot, 1954-55 -- Bulloch et al. v. United States : deception and dirty science, 1956 -- Operation Plumbbob : accelerated testing in the shadow of a moratorium, 1957 -- Baby teeth, Project Sunshine, and a moratorium on testing, 1958-1962 -- Sedan, Silent spring, and the re-enchantment of nature -- Conclusion : the legacy of atomic testing in the Great Basin. 520 $a "This book employs archival research and theoretical insights on the organizational production of risk to examine the hazards of atmospheric atomic testing at the Nevada Test Site and radioactive fallout, and the effects on the communities lying downwind"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $x Environmental aspects $x Environmental aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $z United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Radioactive fallout $z West (U.S.). 650 0 $a Radioactive pollution $z West (U.S.). 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons testing victims $z West (U.S.). 651 0 $a Nevada National Security Site (Nev.) $x Environmental aspects. 651 0 $a Great Basin $x Environmental conditions. 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy $y 20th century. 650 6 $a Armes nucleÌaires $x Aspect de l'environnement $x Aspect de l'environnement $z EÌtats-Unis. 651 6 $a Nevada Test Site (Nev.) $x Aspect de l'environnement. 651 6 $a Grand Bassin $x Conditions environnementales. 650 7 $a Ecology $2 fast 650 7 $a Military policy $2 fast 650 7 $a Nuclear weapons $x Testing $2 fast 650 7 $a Nuclear weapons $x Environmental aspects $x Environmental aspects $2 fast 650 7 $a Nuclear weapons testing victims $2 fast 650 7 $a Radioactive fallout $2 fast 650 7 $a Radioactive pollution $2 fast 651 7 $a Nevada $z Nevada National Security Site $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $z Great Basin $2 fast 651 7 $a West United States $2 fast 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240403014347.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240402013524.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9F5E320EF0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search