{"product_id":"learning-to-glow-john-bradley-9780816519569","title":"Learning to Glow: A Nuclear Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eAtomic energy is not only invisible, \u003c\/b\u003e it has been cloaked in secrecy by government, industry, and the military. Yet for many Americans the effects of radiation have been less than secret. Just ask the radium workers in Ottawa, Illinois, the \"downwinders\" of Utah, or unsuspecting veterans of the Gulf War. When told from the perspective of ordinary people, nuclear history takes on a much different tone from that of the tranquil voices of authority who always told us we had nothing to fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLearning to Glow\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty-four essays testify to many of the unsuspected human and environmental costs of atomic science. They show that Americans have paid a terrible price for supposedly \"winning\" the Cold War--for although the nuclear nightmare may be over, we are still living with nuclear threats every day. Writers such as Scott Russell Sanders, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barbara Kingsolver reveal the psychic and emotional fallout of the Cold War and of subsequent developments in nuclear science. The essays include personal testimonies of what it was like to grow up with family members in nuclear-related jobs; hard-hitting journalism on the health and environmental costs of our nuclear policies and practices; and poignant stories of coming to terms with nuclear power, including contributions by writers who revisit Hiroshima in an attempt to heal the wounds left by the Bomb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These essays offer an alternative to the official version of nuclear history as told to us by school textbooks, government authorities, and nuclear industry officials. They are stories of and by ordinary people who have suffered the consequences of the decisions made by those in power-stories that have been largely ignored, dismissed, or suppressed. They will challenge readers to re-examine their preconceptions about the way we deal with issues of nuclear arms and radioactive waste because they show that nuclear history does not belong to experts but to us all.\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003e Marilou Awiakta \u003cbr\u003e John Bradley \u003cbr\u003e Jim Carrier \u003cbr\u003e Alison Hawthorne Deming \u003cbr\u003e Mary Dickson \u003cbr\u003e Edward Dougherty \u003cbr\u003e Ray Gonzalez \u003cbr\u003e Karl Grossman \u003cbr\u003e Sonya Huber \u003cbr\u003e Barbara Kingsolver \u003cbr\u003e Valerie Kuletz \u003cbr\u003e Mary Laufer \u003cbr\u003e Kay Mack \u003cbr\u003e Craig McGrath \u003cbr\u003e Bill Mesler \u003cbr\u003e Richard H. Minear \u003cbr\u003e Randy Morris \u003cbr\u003e Mayumi Oda \u003cbr\u003e Catherine Quigg \u003cbr\u003e Richard Rawles \u003cbr\u003e Kenneth Robbins \u003cbr\u003e Scott Russell Sanders \u003cbr\u003e David Seaborg \u003cbr\u003e Terry Tempest Williams \u003cbr\u003e Bill Witherup \u003cbr\u003e Phil Woods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816519560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816519569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.00w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2000 pg. 1299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2000 pg. 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2000 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 24 - Outstanding","brand":"John Bradley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447789105407,"sku":"9780816519569","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a5e3ffe-b0b9-4f51-9ddf-a81229027eed.jpg?v=1777234824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/learning-to-glow-john-bradley-9780816519569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}