Book ID: CBB315358422

The Meanings of a Disaster : Chernobyl and its afterlives in Britain and France (2021)

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Kalmbach, Karena (Author)


Berghahn Books


Publication Date: 2021
Edition Details: Book Series: The environment in history : international perspectives, no. 20;
Physical Details: 227
Language: English

The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was an event of obviously transnational significance-not only in the airborne particulates it deposited across the European continent, but in the political and social repercussions it set off well beyond the Soviet bloc. Focusing on the cases of Great Britain and France, this innovative study explores the discourses and narratives that arose in the wake of the incident among both state and nonstate actors. It gives a thorough account of the stereotypes, framings, and "othering" strategies that shaped Western European responses to the disaster as well as nuclear policy up to the present day. (Publisher)

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Review Garret J. McDonald (2021) Review of "The Meanings of a Disaster : Chernobyl and its afterlives in Britain and France". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 855-856). unapi

Review Scott Gabriel Knowles (July 2022) Review of "The Meanings of a Disaster : Chernobyl and its afterlives in Britain and France". Technology and Culture (pp. 906-907). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Beatriz Medina
Katrin Jordan
Finn, Megan
Pieter Cools
Josep Espluga
Melanie Arndt
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Disasters; catastrophes
Technology and society
Public policy
Technology
Risk
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
France
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Europe
California (U.S.)
Institutions
League of Nations
United Nations
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