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008			171017s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780231179812 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9780231179805 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aE872 _b.Z37 2018
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100	1		_aZaretsky, Natasha, _d1970-
245	1	0	_aRadiation nation : _bThree Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s / _cNatasha Zaretsky.
246	3	0	_aThree Mile Island and the political transformation of the 1970s
264		1	_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c[2018]
300			_axix, 285 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
505	0		_aThe culture of dissociation and the rise of the unborn -- The accident and the political transformation of the 1970s -- Creating a community of fate at Three Mile Island -- The second Cold War and the extinction threat -- Conclusion.
520			_a"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 then and in the following months and years, as 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."--Provided by publisher.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1977-1981.
650		0	_aNuclear power plants _xAccidents _zPennsylvania _zHarrisburg Region.
610	2	0	_aThree Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.) _xAccidents _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aRadiation injuries _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPolitical ecology _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNationalism _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aConservatism _xEnvironmental aspects _zUnited States.
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