Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear

Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution

At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworth's cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit.
Mother Country is a 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
Country USA
Brand Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780374526597
Color White
ReleaseDate 1999-12-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780374526597

Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution