Manual for survival : a Chernobyl guide to the future
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Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Nonfiction
364.17 BRO
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364.17 BRO
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Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Nonfiction | 364.17 BRO | Available |
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420 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A chilling exposé of the international effort to minimize the health and environmental consequences of nuclear radiation in the wake of Chernobyl. Governments and journalists tell us that though Chernobyl was "the worst nuclear disaster in history," a reassuringly small number of people died (44), and nature recovered. Yet, drawing on a decade of fine-grained archival research and interviews in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, Kate Brown uncovers a much more disturbing story--one in which radioactive isotypes caused hundreds of thousands of casualties. Scores of Soviet scientists, bureaucrats, and civilians documented stunning increases in cases of birth defects, child mortality, cancers, and a multitude of prosaic diseases, which they linked to Chernobyl. Worried that this evidence would blow the lid on the effects of massive radiation release from weapons testing during the Cold War, international scientists and diplomats tried to bury or discredit it. A haunting revelation of how political exigencies shape responses to disaster, Manual for Survival makes clear the irreversible impact on every living thing not just from Chernobyl, but from eight decades of radiation from nuclear energy and weaponry."--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, K. (2019). Manual for survival: a Chernobyl guide to the future (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company, independent Publishers Since 1923.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Kate. 2019. Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future. W.W. Norton & Company, independent Publishers Since 1923.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Kate. Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future W.W. Norton & Company, independent Publishers Since 1923, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Kate. Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, independent Publishers Since 1923, 2019.
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