Contaminated Country
Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia
$37.89
- Paperback
326 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
During the twentieth century Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear programs of numerous global powers. From uranium extraction to weapons testing, Australia’s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development and was subject to rampant nuclear colonialism. Aboriginal communities, bearing the brunt of these processes, persistently resisted, reclaiming their rights to Country and demanding reparations.
As Jessica Urwin shows, extr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522882162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522882161 |
| Author: | Jessica Urwin |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 326 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Jessica Urwin
Jessica Urwin is a Lecturer in Environmental History at the University of Tasmania. Her research interests lie at the intersections of nuclear processes, environmental (in)justice, and colonialism. She has published in several leading history journals and her work has received numerous awards, including the American Society for Environmental History’s Rachel Carson Prize, Australian National University’s John Molony Prize for History, and the Australian Academy of Science’s Moran Award for History of Science Research.
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