PROVING GROUNDS by Dr. Scott Kirsch ( 9780813536668 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

PROVING GROUNDS
PROJECT PLOWSHARE AND THE UNREALIZED DREAM OF NUCLEAR EARTHMOVING

By:

Dr. Scott Kirsch

Format:

Hardback

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£58.00

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ISBN 10:

0813536669

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9780813536668

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Publisher:

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

6 October, 2005

Pages:

257

Description:

Demonstrates how the history of Project Plowshare was shaped by the specific issues and sentiments that influenced American nuclear and environmental policy during the 1950s and 1960s. The book also argues that the lessons learned from this case continue to hold relevance today.

Synopsis:

Kirsch demonstrates how the history of Project Plowshare was shaped by the specific issues and sentiments that influenced American nuclear and environmental policy during the 1950s and 1960s. But Kirsch also argues that the lessons learned from this case continue to hold relevance today. By exploring key issues of science and risk, Proving Grounds warns that knowledge production and environmental politics are still very much intimately, and dangerously, related.

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Illustrations, maps, ports.

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Rutgers University Press

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