Cultures of contamination legacies of pollution in Russia and the U.S.

• Other Authors: Edelstein, Michael R., Tysiachniouk, Maria, Smirnova, Lyudmila V.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
• Series: Research in social problems and public policy ; v. 14.
• Subjects: Pollution > Social aspects > Russia (Federation); Environmental degradation > Social aspects > Russia (Federation); Radioactive pollution > Russia (Federation); Environmental health > Russia (Federation); Environmental degradation > Psychological aspects.; Pollution > Social aspects > United States.; Environmental degradation > Social aspects > United States.; Environmental health > United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849504607; 1849504601; 0762313714
• ISSN: 0196-1152 ;
• DOI: 10.1016/S0196-1152(2007)14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 502) : maps.

This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining c...