{"product_id":"the-price-of-nuclear-power-uranium-communities-and-environmental-justice-nature-society-and-culture-9780813569789","title":"The Price of Nuclear Power Uranium Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. Environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A vanguard contribution to examining the pitfalls of alt-energy zeal. \u003cb\u003eHighly recommended\u003c\/b\u003e.\" * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is written to be accessible to broad audiences with an interest in the intersection of energy and society, as well as academic audiences interested in rural sociology, environmental sociology, or other related fields.\" * Rural Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"Malin provides a compassionate and intriguing ethnography of communities harmed by uranium mining and milling, of government duplicity in covering up hazards, and of the inspiring citizen science with which opponents have mapped cancer clusters and conducted health surveys. This book helps us understand how uranium production, along with other harmful energy production can beget structural violence, disease, and perpetuate inequalities.\" -- Phil Brown * University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences Northeastern University *\u003cbr\u003e\"An enjoyable and accessible book, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Nuclear Power\u003c\/i\u003e provides great insight into the central problem facing natural resource communities across the globe, and is rich in ethnographic details that focus on environmental inequalities.\"  -- Brian Mayer * professor of environmental sociology, University of Arizona *\u003cbr\u003e\"Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy\" by Stephanie Malin * The Conversation *\u003cbr\u003e\"Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice\" by Stephanie A. Malin * The Defense Post *\u003cbr\u003e\"The Price of Nuclear Power powerfully documents how isolation and poverty drive residents to support uranium milling despite its health risks. The voices of all sides of the complex debate ring out from Malin’s surveys and interviews.\" * Technology and Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements1   Introduction: The Paradox of Uranium Production in a Neoliberal Era2   Booms, Busts, and Bombs: Uranium’s Economic and Environmental Justice History in the US3   Lethal Legacies in Uranium Communities: Left in the Dust in Monticello, Utah4   The Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: A Transnational Corporation Comes Home5   ‘Just Hangin’ on by a Thread’: Isolation, Poverty, and Social Dislocation6   ‘Better Regs’ in an Era of Deregulation: Neoliberalized Narratives of Regulatory Compliance7   Conclusions and Solutions: Social Sustainability and Localized Energy JusticeAppendix: Research Methods and Data CollectionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405786882391,"sku":"9780813569789","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813569789.jpg?v=1730493615","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-price-of-nuclear-power-uranium-communities-and-environmental-justice-nature-society-and-culture-9780813569789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}