Suffering Made Real - American Science and the Survivors at Hiroshima

Acknowledgments 1: How the ABCC Began 1: The Most Important People Living 2: Colonial Science 3: Into the Field 4: The Genetics Study 2: Managing the ABCC 5: Midwives and Mothers 6: Political Survival in Washington 7: The No-Treatment Policy 8: The Public Meaning of the ABCC 3: Science and Context 9: What is a Mutation? 10: Draft Analysis, 1952-1953 11: Publication Strategies 12: The ABCC and the RERF 13: Conclusions Bibliography Index

Summary

A study of the first attempts to understand how radiation affected the survivors of the atomic bomb and subsequent generations of Japanese, this book argues that Cold War politics and cultural values shaped this research. Using varied sources, it examines how US science was socially constructed.

Product details

• Authors: M. Susan Lindee, Susan Lindee, Lindee M. Susan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.1997
• EAN: 9780226482385
• ISBN: 978-0-226-48238-5
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, Japan, Medical research, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / Military / General, MEDICAL / Research, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, c 1960 to c 1970, Pollution & threats to the environment, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, Nuclear weapons, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1970 to c 1980, Pollution and threats to the environment, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, C 1945 To C 1960, Central government policies, Medical specialties, branches of medicine, Other branches of medicine, MEDICAL / Military Medicine