The Resource Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak
Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak
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The item Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- S-37, SOM, and SOQ
- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king
- The son : fear and frenzy
- The power of Åeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear
- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings
- The steeple
- Isbn
- 9781416594826
- Label
- Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed
- Title
- Yellow dirt
- Title remainder
- an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed
- Statement of responsibility
- Judy Pasternak
- Subject
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- Uranium mines and mining -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- trueUranium mines and mining
- Uranium mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- Environmental degradation
- trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
- Indians of North America
- trueIndigenous peoples of North America
- Mines and mineral resources
- trueNavajo (Diné) (North American people)
- Navajo Indian Reservation
- Navajo Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century
- Navajo Indians
- Navajo Indians -- Biography
- Navajo Indians -- Government relations | History -- 20th century
- Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene | History -- 20th century
- trueNavajo Reservation
- Pollution
- Radiation
- Radiation -- Health aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- trueRadiation victims
- trueSouthwest (United States) -- History -- 20th century
- Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations | History -- 20th century
- Uranium
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pasternak, Judy
- Dewey number
- 979.1004/9726
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Navajo Indians
- Navajo Indians
- Navajo Indians
- Uranium mines and mining
- Uranium mines and mining
- Radiation
- Navajo Indian Reservation
- Southwest, New
- Label
- Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Åeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781416594826
- Lccn
- 2010005546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)464593180
- ocn464593180
- OCoLC
- Label
- Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed, Judy Pasternak
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Åeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781416594826
- Lccn
- 2010005546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)464593180
- ocn464593180
- OCoLC
Subject
- Uranium mines and mining -- Political aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- trueUranium mines and mining
- Uranium mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- Environmental degradation
- trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
- Indians of North America
- trueIndigenous peoples of North America
- Mines and mineral resources
- trueNavajo (Diné) (North American people)
- Navajo Indian Reservation
- Navajo Indian Reservation -- History -- 20th century
- Navajo Indians
- Navajo Indians -- Biography
- Navajo Indians -- Government relations | History -- 20th century
- Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene | History -- 20th century
- trueNavajo Reservation
- Pollution
- Radiation
- Radiation -- Health aspects -- Southwest, New -- History -- 20th century
- trueRadiation victims
- trueSouthwest (United States) -- History -- 20th century
- Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations | History -- 20th century
- Uranium
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