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Manual for Survival : A Chernobyl Guide to the Future (9780393652529)

Brown, Kate

How did people actually live on contaminated land after Chernobyl, once a state had to admit the problem and tell them how to live there?

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Author
Brown, Kate

Why read it

  • You will learn to read official reassurances closely, since the instructions further down the page may contradict the headline
  • You will see how people go on living and earning in a place that experts say is unsafe
  • You will understand why a disaster's effects can last far longer than the first estimates suggested

Who it is for

  • Someone living near a nuclear or industrial site who doubts official reassurances
  • A reader who knows the Chernobyl story and wants what came after
  • A public health worker who writes risk warnings for the public

Contents

  1. v
  2. ix
  3. Introduction: The Survivor’s Manual
  4. Part I // The Accident
  5. Part II // Hot Survival
  6. Part III // Man-Made Nature
  7. Part IV // Post-Apocalypse Politics
  8. Part V // Medical Mysteries
  9. Part VI // Science Across the Iron Curtain
  10. Part VII // Survival Artists
  11. Conclusion: Berry Picking into the Future
  12. Note on Transliteration and Translation

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