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001 2010005546
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020 $a9781416594826
020 $z9781439100462 (ebook)
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020 $z1439100462 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn464593180
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050 00 $aE99.N3$bP378 2010
060 00 $aWA 300 AS95$bP291y 2010
082 00 $a979.1004/9726$222
100 1 $aPasternak, Judy,$d1956-
245 10 $aYellow dirt :$ban American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed /$cJudy Pasternak.
250 $a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bFree Press,$c2010.
300 $axiii, 317 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-304) and index.
505 0 $aS-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 Łeetso ; 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aNavajo Indians$xGovernment relations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNavajo Indians$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNavajo Indians$vBiography.
650 0 $aUranium mines and mining$xPolitical aspects$zSouthwest, New$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aUranium mines and mining$xSocial aspects$zSouthwest, New$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aRadiation$xHealth aspects$zSouthwest, New$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aNavajo Indian Reservation$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aSouthwest, New$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 12 $aCongenital Abnormalities$xetiology$zSouthwestern United States.
650 12 $aIndians, North American$zSouthwestern United States.
650 22 $aGovernment Regulation$zSouthwestern United States.
650 22 $aHistory, 20th Century$zSouthwestern United States.
650 22 $aMining$xhistory$zSouthwestern United States.
650 22 $aSoil Pollutants, Radioactive$xadverse effects$zSouthwestern United States.
650 22 $aUranium$xhistory$zSouthwestern United States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-d.html