Too Cheap to Meter Earth Sciences

Too Cheap to Meter Earth SciencesUses concepts from social theory to explore the history and future of nuclear power in the U. S. and to explore the nature of technological change in the U. S. economy. This book weaves together nuclear power and social theory to explain the history and predict the future of nuclear power in the United States and to explore the determinants of technological change in the U. S. economy. The first half of the book looks at who promoted nuclear power,

the role of religion in politics

This book explores the decolonization of ethnographic collections by analyzing the historical and cultural narratives surrounding artifacts from two Brazilian Indigenous groups and preserved in European museums

from birth to death

and perceptions of the self

social and political history

forest biodiversity remains under increasing pressure from agricultural conversion and intensive

the story behind the making of Superman is inherently dramatic

and reveal the ways in which material and visual culture can serve to voice protest and formulate social critique

Peter Reading

This chapter offers an account of the technological developments in CA machinery from the experiences of important actors operating on different continents

when four major monasteries still flourish

Matthew Whoolery