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001			on1017990482
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105052.0
008			180105s2018 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aJSTOR _beng _erda _epn _cJSTOR _dOCLCO _dYDX _dUBY _dTEFOD _dEBLCP _dNT
020			_a9780231542487 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-us--- _an-us-pa
050	0	4	_aE872 _b.R335 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aZaretsky, Natasha, _d1970- _e1
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
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aThe culture of dissociation and the rise of the unborn -- _tThe accident and the political transformation of the 1970s -- _tCreating a community of fate at Three Mile Island -- _tThe second Cold War and the extinction threat -- _tConclusion.
520	0		_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.
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610	2	0	_aThree Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.) _xAccidents _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aNuclear power plants _xAccidents _zPennsylvania _zHarrisburg Region.
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.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1662836&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hE _m2018 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell