Description: Nuclear Nuevo México : Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos, Hardcover by Gomez, Myrriah, ISBN 0816547610, ISBN-13 9780816547616, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Nuclear Nuevo Mâexico: Identity, Ethnicity, and Resistance in Atomic Third Spaces is the study of the effects of the American nuclear program on Native American and Mexican-American communities in New Mexico. As the United States emerged as a nuclear leader following World War II, Los Alamos, New Mexico, became home to Site Y of the Manhattan Project-home of the atomic bomb. In the process of creating this nuclear technology, human and non-human life was destroyed. The experiences of Native American andMexican-American communities have been neglected in the history of American nuclear technology. In this study Gâomez seeks to show the local history of these two rural communities in New Mexico and how they were touched by the national discourse on the nuclear industrial complex from the spectrum of environmental racism and American exceptionalism. Gâomez shows how some of these groups have resisted the mistreatment of their land and communities, while others have become complacent and have acquiesced toAmerican nuclear development. The author incorporates the stories of Native American and Mexican American communities into the history of American nuclear technological development"--
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Book Title: Nuclear Nuevo México : Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Name: Nuclear Nuevo México : Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos
Language: English
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Subject: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), United States / 21st Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Myrriah Gómez
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
