Connections

Key Themes in World History

By: Albert Craig

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Foreword	p. vi
Series Editor's Preface	p. viii
About the Author	p. xiv
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Modernity's Pollution Problems	p. 2
Methodology	p. 4
The Four Horsemen of the Toxic Apocalypse	p. 5
Common Themes to Consider	p. 7
The Blame Game	p. 8
Conspiracy Theory and Historical Amnesia	p. 10
The Moral Dimension	p. 11
The Minamata Disaster and the True Costs of Japanese Modernization	p. 13
Chisso Corporation	p. 14
Disturbing Signs	p. 16
Political and Cultural Obstacles	p. 17
Lifting the Veil of Silence	p. 18
The Battle Rejoined	p. 20
Atomic Bombs, Godzilla, and the Culture of Victimization	p. 21
Seeking Justice Outside the Courts	p. 24
The Uniqueness of the Japanese Case	p. 25
Minamata as a Global Event	p. 27
The Appeal to Emotion	p. 28
A New Way to Calculate Progress	p. 29
A Lingering Toxicity	p. 31
Sources	p. 33
Struggling with the Disease	p. 33
Those Who Remain Are Like Embers	p. 35
The Confrontation at Goi	p. 37
"Let a Feather Drop Onto Their Heads....": The Chisso Corporation Defends Itself	p. 39
Love Canal and the Law of Unintended Consequences	p. 43
The Unspoken Bargain	p. 45
The Bargain Re-evaluated	p. 48
Reports of Mysterious Substances	p. 49
Science in the Service of the State	p. 53
Long-Term Social and Political Effects	p. 57
"Revitalizing" the Community	p. 60
Sources	p. 63
A Child's Death	p. 63
A Curious Tax Audit	p. 65
Passing the Buck	p. 66
And Who Was Responsible?	p. 68
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Perfect Storm of Injustice	p. 70
India, Union Carbide, and the Green Revolution	p. 72
Complacency	p. 76
Corporate and Popular Responses	p. 78
Finger Pointing	p. 82
The Legal Drama	p. 83
A Silver Lining?	p. 87
The Disaster Industry	p. 88
Sources	p. 91
Profit at All Costs?	p. 91
Safety First?	p. 94
A Medical Professional's Perspective	p. 96
A Grassroots Perspective	p. 102
The Controversy Continues	p. 104
The Techno-Politics of Disaster: Chernobyl and the Collapse of the Soviet Union	p. 106
Anatomy of an Accident	p. 108
Political Fallout and Historical Context	p. 111
Evacuation	p. 115
The Blame Game	p. 117
Toward an Explanation	p. 119
Casualties and Health Consequences	p. 121
Chernobyl after Chernobyl	p. 126
Sources	p. 127
A Misfortune Has Befallen Us	p. 127
The Western Nuclear-Power Industry Reacts	p. 129
The Myth of Chernobyl?	p. 131
Victims and Heroes: Voices from Chernobyl	p. 133
Epilogue: Making Connections	p. 136
An Exception to the Rule	p. 138
Language and Metaphor	p. 139
Technological Transfers and the Web of Connections	p. 140
The Cost-Benefit Calculus of Progress	p. 141
Disasters as Cultural Mirrors	p. 143
Disaster Imaginations	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 148
Index	p. 156
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