Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978

Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978
ISBN-10
0299158543
ISBN-13
9780299158545
Series
Critical Masses
Category
Antinuclear movement
Pages
333
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Univ of Wisconsin Press
Author
Thomas Raymond Wellock

Description

Traces the early history of the anti-nuclear movement in California

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