Learning to glow : a nuclear reader / edited by John Bradley.

Other author Bradley, John, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, 2000.
Descriptionxxi, 317 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Nuclear energy--United States. --Public opinion.
Nuclear energy--Political aspects. --United States.
Nuclear energy--Social aspects. --United States.
Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects. --United States.

Contents In the belly of the beast -- At play in the paradise of bombs / Scott Russell Sanders -- White sands / Ray Gonzalez -- Mother Witherup's top-secret cherry pie / Bill Witherup -- A roller-coaster ride through the nuclear age / David Seaborg -- Imagine a world without nuclear nightmares / Mary Laufer -- Reciprocal paradise: Reflections on the atomic era and the Cold War / Phil Woods -- Cold fear and the real Dr. Strangelove / Craig McGrath -- All in the family / Sonya Huber -- In the belly of the beast / Barbara Kingsolver.
Contents Coyote learns to glow -- The society of the living dead / Catherine Quigg -- Voiceless victims / Jim Carrier -- Downwinders all / Mary Dickson -- The clan of one-breasted women / Terry Tempest Williams -- Tragedy at the center of the universe / Valerie Kuletz -- Coyote learns to glow / Richard Rawles -- The Pentagon's radioactive bullet / Bill Mesler -- Brighter than the brightest star / Karl Grossman -- For us all / Kay Mack.
Contents Beyond despair -- Baring the atom's mother heart / Marilou Awiakta -- At the crossroads: In Hiroshima at the fiftieth anniversary / Edward A. Dougherty -- The cenotaph / Kenneth Robbins -- Beyond despair: An imaginal odyssey into the soul of Hiroshima / Randy Morris -- Atomic holocaust, Nazi holocaust: some reflections / Richard H. Minear -- From nuclear patriarchy to solar community / Mayumi Oda.
Abstract "Here are stories of and by ordinary people who have suffered the consequences of the decisions of those made in power--stories that will challenge readers to re-examine their preconceptions about the way we deal with issues of nuclear arms and radioactive waste."--Cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Learning to glow. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2000
LCCN 99006961
ISBN0816519552 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816519552 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0816519560 (paper : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780816519569 (paper : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks TK9155 .L425 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold