The Nuclear Peninsula (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521041799)

A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Françoise Zonabend describes how those working there, and living nearby, reconcile themselves to the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. By analyzing work practices and language, the author provides a superb sociology of the nuclear workplace, with its divisions and hierarchies, and explains the often unexpected responses of the workers to the fear of contamination. This is a major contribution to the anthropology of modern life.

Author: Francoise Zonabend,Zonabend Francoise,Fran Oise Zonabend
ISBN-10: 0521041791
ISBN-13: 9780521041799
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2007
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d