Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1998 - 333 pages The grassroots battle against nuclear power, told by a historian who did time on both sides of the issue. CRITICAL MASSES tells how the citizens of California--from the tiny town of Wasco in the Central Valley to the vast suburbs of Los Angeles--challenged the threat of nuclear power, transformed the anti-nuclear movement, and helped change the face of U.S. politics. 21 photos. |
Table des matières
The Battle for Bodega Bay 19581964 | 17 |
Illustrations | 19 |
Jean Kortum and David Pesonen | 39 |
Poster for Bodega Bay Benefit | 45 |
Picketing at PGEs headquarters 5253 | 52 |
PGE construction site at Bodega Bay harbor | 58 |
The Rise of Environmental Opposition | 68 |
Nipomo Dunes | 76 |
Project Survival Demonstration | 160 |
Supporters of Proposition 15 | 168 |
The California | 173 |
Environmental Impact Report on Sundesert project | 185 |
Counting signatures of supporters of the Sundesert project | 203 |
Stick It in L A Community Control and Nuclear | 207 |
San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 218 |
Community meeting on the San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 233 |
Diablo Canyon | 84 |
Diablo Canyon construction site | 93 |
Ed Koupal | 154 |
Notes | 253 |
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Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978 Thomas Raymond Wellock Affichage d'extraits - 1998 |
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