Contaminated Country
Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia
Seiten
2025
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-75378-2 (ISBN)
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-75378-2 (ISBN)
The destruction and defiance that swirled around Australia's embrace of the world's nuclear order
Though a nonnuclear state, Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth century. From uranium extraction to nuclear testing, Australia’s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development. The continent was subject to rampant nuclear colonialism. However, this history is not just one of imposition. Aboriginal communities, bearing the brunt of these processes, have persistently resisted, reclaiming their rights to Country and demanding reparations.
As Jessica Urwin shows, extraction, weapons testing, and nuclear waste disposal have caused incalculable physical, spiritual, and cultural harm to Aboriginal communities and lands. Yet Indigenous peoples all over the world have not only survived nuclear colonialism but challenged it time and time again. Tracking the colonial mechanisms Australia used to pursue a nuclear industry, Urwin simultaneously highlights how Aboriginal peoples refused and reshaped those same mechanisms over time. A groundbreaking book, Contaminated Country reveals how Australia’s deep nuclear past has been entangled with colonialism locally, nationally, and internationally.
Though a nonnuclear state, Australia was embroiled in the military and civilian nuclear energy programs of numerous global powers across the twentieth century. From uranium extraction to nuclear testing, Australia’s lands became sites of imperial exploitation under the guise of national development. The continent was subject to rampant nuclear colonialism. However, this history is not just one of imposition. Aboriginal communities, bearing the brunt of these processes, have persistently resisted, reclaiming their rights to Country and demanding reparations.
As Jessica Urwin shows, extraction, weapons testing, and nuclear waste disposal have caused incalculable physical, spiritual, and cultural harm to Aboriginal communities and lands. Yet Indigenous peoples all over the world have not only survived nuclear colonialism but challenged it time and time again. Tracking the colonial mechanisms Australia used to pursue a nuclear industry, Urwin simultaneously highlights how Aboriginal peoples refused and reshaped those same mechanisms over time. A groundbreaking book, Contaminated Country reveals how Australia’s deep nuclear past has been entangled with colonialism locally, nationally, and internationally.
Jessica Urwin is a lecturer in environmental history at the University of Tasmania.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Paul S. Sutter |
| Vorwort | Paul S. Sutter |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 4 Maps; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Seattle |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 435 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-295-75378-1 / 0295753781 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-75378-2 / 9780295753782 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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