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Description

1. 173 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

1. Since before the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these events as well as the extraordinary human cost of nuclear weapons. Disarming Doomsday explores the secret history of nuclear weapons by studying the places they build and tear apart, from Los Alamos to Hiroshima. It looks at the legacy of nuclear imperialism from weapons testing on Christmas Island and across the South Pacific, as well as the lasting harm this has caused to both indigenous communities and the soldiers that were ordered to conduct tests. Tying these complex geographies together for the first time, Disarming Doomsday takes us forward, describing how geographers and geotechnology continue to shape nuclear war and imagining ways to help prevent it in the future. -- Provided by publisher.

Series statement

1. Radical geography

Uniform title

1. Radical geography.

Alternative title

1. Human impact of nuclear weapons since Hiroshima

Subject

1. Nuclear weapons > Social aspects
2. Nuclear weapons > History
3. Nuclear warfare > History
4. Nuclear weapons testing victims
5. Nuclear warfare
6. Nuclear weapons

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. The radical geography of nuclear warfare -- A secret history -- The mystery of the X-ray hands -- After nuclear imperialism -- After nuclear war -- Strange cartographies and war games -- Space of irregularity -- Spaces of peace -- Future war zones.

Call number

1. JFD 19-3742

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-165) and index.

Author

1. Alexis-Martin, Becky, author.

Title

1. Disarming Doomsday : the human impact of nuclear weapons since Hiroshima / Becky Alexis-Martin.

Publisher

1. London : Pluto Press, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Radical geography
2. Radical geography.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-165) and index.

ISBN

1. 9780745339214 hardcover
2. 0745339212 hardcover
3. 9780745339207 paperback
4. 0745339204 paperback

Research call number

1. JFD 19-3742