Making the Unseen Visible
Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure
$110.65
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2023
Summary
Many of the effects of nuclear fallout and radiation have been intentionally hidden by governments around the world. Public knowledge of these effects has been driven by activists who have demanded recognition and justice. These activists often exist in tension with government and academic experts, whose assessments of “acceptable risk” can be markedly different from those of the people affected by nuclear radiation. Many downwinders fought for years, in the press and in the courts, to have t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780870712531 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0870712535 |
| Author: | Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Linda Marie Richards |
| Publisher: | Oregon State University |
| Imprint: | Oregon State University |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“This is an important book and a crucial contribution to the field of the history of science and radiation exposure. It is well worth the read.” –Ana Barahona, Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society
“In an era when many scholars remain trapped in stifling silos sealed off from non-academic communities and fearfully avoidant of addressing social questions using our tools of critical inquiry vital to the health of a democratic society, Making the Unseen Visible presents an important model of a creatively interdisciplinary and politically engaged project.” –Paul G. Nauert, Oregon Historical Quarterly
“The porosity between scholarship, activism, art, and life experience makes this work engaging and accessible to a wider readership, as well as a successful call for opening the field and building connections.” –Lucie Genay, Pacific Northwest Quarterly
Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Jacob Darwin Hamblin is professor of history at Oregon State University and author of five books, including The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.
Linda Marie is a senior instructor of history at Oregon State University and a scholar of anti-nuclear activism; her first book, Human Rights and Nuclear Wrongs, is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press.
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