Doom with a View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant

by Kristen Iversen

Book Overview

Tucked up against the Rocky Mountains, just west of Denver, sits the remnants of one of the most notorious nuclear weapons sites in North America: Rocky Flats. With a history of environmental catastrophes, political neglect, and community-wide health crises, this site represents both one of the darkest and most controversial chapters in our nation's history, and also a conundrum on repurposing lands once considered lost. As the crush of encroaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682752542
• ISBN13: 9781682752548
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"