{"product_id":"downwind-a-peoples-history-of-the-nuclear-west-paperback-softback-9781496207661","title":"Downwind; A People's History of the Nuclear West (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496207661","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDownwind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA People's History of the Nuclear West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Alisabeth Fox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496207661\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e306 pages, 5 photographs, 6 illustrations, 3 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Compelling, well written, and meticulously researched.\"-David Mills, \u003ci\u003eMontana, The Magazine of Western History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative and engaging new history of the suffering sustained by southwestern communities in the aftermath of nuclear testing and radioactive fallout.\"-Michael Wise, \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Combining the intricacies of the official record with the complicated narratives of the individuals she interviewed, Fox provides texture and insight into becoming and being downwind within the framework of both nuclear testing and uranium mining.\"-Leisl Carr Childers, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e advances our understanding of how communities interpret risk and medical information from federal officials and how they make sense of their predicament through stories.\"-Thomas Wellock, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Fox's account provides a welcome addition to the literature on the nuclear West made richer with new voices of those who lived and labored on the front lines of the Cold War.\"-Andrew Kirk, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“In addition to illuminating the past, this book also sheds light on the present, challenging us to wonder what ‘official fictions’ are being constructed today.”-Samantha Updegrave, \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Readers will find \u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e an engaging, balanced, and profoundly human narrative of the consequences of a global, complex conflict.\"-Lucie Genay, \u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Revew\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Comprehensive and incisive, \u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e also adds heart and soul to an epic story of resilience in the aftermath of reckless arrogance. Sarah Fox gives the history of the nuclear age back to the people who had it written in their bones. The testimony she captured is both shocking and inspiring.\"—Chip Ward, author of \u003ci\u003eCanaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching tale of the atomic West that reveals the intentional disregard for the inhabitants and the environment in nuclear testing by the federal government and in uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e               \u003cbr\u003e Sarah Alisabeth Fox interviews residents of the Great Basin region affected by environmental contamination from the uranium industry and nuclear testing fallout. Those residents tell tales of communities ravaged by cancer epidemics, farmers and ranchers economically ruined by massive crop and animal deaths, and Native miners working in dangerous conditions without proper safety equipment so that the government could surreptitiously study the effects of radiation on humans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In chilling detail, \u003ci\u003eDownwind\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the stories and concerns of these groups whose voices have been silenced and marginalized for decades in the name of “patriotism” and “national security.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With the renewed boom in mining in the American West, Fox’s look at this hidden history, unearthed from years of field interviews, archival research, and epidemiological studies, is a must-read for every American concerned about the fate of our western lands and communities.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Living under the Cloud\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Unearthing Yellow Monsters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Home on the Range\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Locally Grown\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Writing Down Names\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Critical Mass  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681771483416,"sku":"9781496207661","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/downwind-a-peoples-history-of-the-nuclear-west-paperback-softback-9781496207661","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}