{"product_id":"the-nuclear-borderlands-by-joseph-masco-9780691202174","title":"The Nuclear Borderlands","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn important investigation of the sociocultural fallout of America's work on the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Nuclear Borderlands\u003c\/em\u003e, Joseph Masco offers an in-depth look at the long-term consequences of the Manhattan Project. Masco examines how diverse groups in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico understood and responded to the U.S. nuclear weapons project in the post-Cold War period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows that the American focus on potential nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War obscured the broader effects of the nuclear complex on society. The atomic bomb produced a new cognitive orientation toward daily life, reconfiguring concepts of time, nature, race, and citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition includes a brand-new preface by the author discussing current developments in nuclear politics and the scientific impact of the nuclear age on the present epoch of a human-altered climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46850343010540,"sku":"9780691202174","price":70.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2008883482434.jpg?v=1759083347","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-nuclear-borderlands-by-joseph-masco-9780691202174","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}