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Wastelanding: Legacies Of Uranium Mining In Navajo Country
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Wastelanding Tells The History Of The Uranium Industry On Navajo Land In The U.S. Southwest, Asking Why Certain Landscapes And The Peoples Who Inhabit Them Come To Be Targeted For Disproportionate Exposure To Environmental Harm. Uranium Mines And Mills On The Navajo Nation Land Have Long Supplied U.S. Nuclear Weapons And Energy Programs. By 1942, Mines On The Reservation Were The Main Source Of Uranium For The Topsecret Manhattan Project. Today, The Navajo Nation Is Home To More Than A Thousand Abandoned Uranium Sites. Radiationrelated Diseases Are Endemic, Claiming The Health And Lives Of Former Miners And Nonminers Alike.Traci Brynne Voyles Argues That The Presence Of Uranium Mining On Din (Navajo) Land Constitutes A Clear Case Of Environmental Racism. Looking At Discursive Constructions Of Landscapes, She Explores How Environmental Racism Develops Over Time. For Voyles, The Wasteland, Where Toxic Materials Are Excavated, Exploited, And Dumped, Is Both A Racial And A Spatial Signifier That Renders An Environment And The Bodies That Inhabit It Pollutable. Because Environmental Inequality Is Inherent In The Way Industrialism Operates, The Wasteland Is The Other Through Which Modern Industrialism Is Established.In Examining The History Of Wastelanding In Navajo Country, Voyles Provides An Environmental Justice History Of Uranium Mining, Revealing How Just As Civilization Has Been Defined On And Through Savagery, Environmental Privilege Is Produced By Portraying Other Landscapes As Marginal, Worthless, And Pollutable.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country'? A: 'Wastelanding' explores the history of uranium mining on Navajo land and discusses environmental racism, focusing on how certain landscapes and communities experience disproportionate exposure to environmental harm.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Wastelanding'? A: The book is authored by Traci Brynne Voyles, who examines the implications of uranium mining in Navajo country.
- Q: What type of binding is used for this book? A: 'Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country' is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'Wastelanding' published? A: 'Wastelanding' was published on May 15, 2015.
- Q: How many pages does 'Wastelanding' contain? A: The book contains a total of 310 pages.
- Q: What is the condition of the book being sold? A: The item condition of 'Wastelanding' is listed as New.
- Q: What category does 'Wastelanding' fall under? A: 'Wastelanding' is categorized under Native American studies.
- Q: Does 'Wastelanding' address health issues related to uranium mining? A: Yes, the book discusses radiation-related diseases that are prevalent among former miners and the surrounding communities due to uranium mining.
- Q: Is there any discussion on environmental justice in 'Wastelanding'? A: Absolutely, Voyles provides an environmental justice history of uranium mining, emphasizing the inequalities faced by the Navajo Nation.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: 'Wastelanding' is available in its first edition.