The Nuclear Peninsula

A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Fran oise 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: Françoise Zonabend
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/01/1993
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780521413213