Wastelanding : legacies of uranium mining in Navajo country / Traci Brynne Voyles

Englisch

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

© 2015

xv, 291 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-8166-9267-5 pb

978-0-8166-9264-4 hc

Preface: In search of treasureIntroduction: Sacrificial land -- Empty except for Indians : early impressions of Navajo rangeland -- Prospecting for magic ore in America's new frontier -- Cowboys and Indians in Navajo country -- Hot spots: justice, power, and gender in the radioactive present -- Monsters and mountains: competing geographies of uranium -- The big hurt: boom and bust on contested ground -- Conclusion. Zombie mines: the future of uranium and Native sovereignty.

9780816692675

*Navajo-Mountain-Gebiet / Uranbergbau / Uranbergwerk / Uranindustrie / Navajo Nation / Geschichte

*Nordamerika / Navajo / Uranbergwerk / Bergbaunachfolgelandschaft / Radioaktive Strahlung / Umweltverschmutzung

*USA / Navajo Nation / Kernenergiepolitik / Uranindustrie / Geschichte

*Navajo Indians -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century ; Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century ; Uranium mines and mining -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century ; Uranium mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century ; Radiation -- Health aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century ; Navajo Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century

*Navajo Nation ; Uranbergbau ; Strahlenrisiko ; Kernenergiepolitik ; Geschichte 1930-2014

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: E99.N3

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 979.1004/9726

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: LC 26610: USA

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: MG 70915: MA-ML Politologie / MG-MI Politische Systeme einzelner Länder / Umwelt- und Energiepolitik

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