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Three Mile Island : the meltdown crisis and nuclear power in American popular culture / by Grace Halden.
Van Pelt Library TK1345.H37 H35 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halden, Grace, 1983- author.
- Series:
- Critical moments in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.).
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Pennsylvania.
- Nuclear power plants.
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents.
- Nuclear engineering.
- Public opinion.
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Social aspects.
- Pennsylvania.
- Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Social aspects--United States.
- Nuclear engineering--United States--Public opinion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 229 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2017.
- Summary:
- Three Mile Island explains the far-reaching consequences of the partial meltdown of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island Power on March 28, 1979. Though the disaster was ultimately contained, the fears it triggered had an immediate and lasting impact on public attitudes towards nuclear energy in the United States. In this volume, Grace Halden contextualizes the events at Three Mile Island and the ensuing media coverage, offering a gripping portrait of a nation coming to terms with technological advances that inspired both awe and terror. Including a selection of key primary documents, this book offers a fascinating resource for students of the history of science, technology, the environment, and Cold War culture.
- Contents:
- 1 Atoms for War: World War II and the Cultural History of Early Nuclear Development 1
- 2 Atoms for Peace: Nuclear Power and the Influence of the Long 1960s 31
- 3 When Science and Society Collide: The Three Mile Island Accident in Human Context 66
- 4 Nuclear Reactions: Three Mile Island in Popular Culture 111
- 5 Fears and Fallout: Three Mile Island's Legacy, Chernobyl, and Fukushima 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Halden, Grace, 1983- Three Mile Island.
- ISBN:
- 9781138917637
- 113891763X
- 9781138917644
- 1138917648
- OCLC:
- 962141037
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