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After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, international aid organizations sought to help the victims but were stymied by post-Soviet political roadblocks. Efforts to gain access to the site of catastrophic radiation damage were denied, and the residents of Chernobyl were given no answers as their lives hung in the balance. Drawing on a decade of archival research and on-the-ground interviews in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, Kate Brown unveils the full breadth of the devastation and the whitewash that followed. Her findings make clear the irreversible impact of man-made radioactivity on every living thing; and hauntingly, they force us to confront the untold legacy of decades of weapons-testing and other catastrophic nuclear incidents

Set against the backdrop of the Chernobyl disaster, the book presents a detailed analysis of radioactivity levels in the affected area. It reassures the residents of a village that both their food and environment pose no harm to adults or children. The narrative explores themes of safety, denial, and the impact of disaster on community perceptions, providing insight into the aftermath of one of history's most significant nuclear accidents.

Lake Baikal -- Baikal goes global -- A tale of two lakes -- Putin's favorite oligarch -- Disempowering empowerment -- State suppression of Baikal activism

Adelaide, spirited daughter of Louis XV, is at odds with her father's decadent but restrictive court of Versailles in 1745. Forty-four years on Madame stalks the corridors of the palace as it is stormed by the women of Paris and Revolution looms. But so much has changed for the hopes of one young girl who was once in love with fencing and who despised the extravagant 'panniers' the extreme fashions of the eighteenth century French court dictated. Kate Brown skillfully sketches in those missing years, starting with the arrival of the notorious Madame de Pompadour at the Palace as Adelaide becomes obsessed with her mysterious and intoxicating world. But as love and shame stretch family ties to the limits, Adelaide's teenage rites of passage become increasingly desperate, as does the fate of the court in which she lives.

Alexander Hamilton is commonly seen as the standard-bearer of an ideology- turned-political party, the Federalists, engaged in a struggle for the soul of the young United States against the Anti-Federalists, and later, the Jeffersonian Republicans. This volume counters such conventional wisdom... číst celé

Draws on in-depth research with marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the implications of a `vulnerability zeitgeist', asking how far the rise of vulnerability in welfare and criminal justice processes serves the interests of those who are most disadvantaged.

Over a glorious Irish summer of baking and bunting, hearts will be broken and secrets revealed in this gorgeous new novel from Kate Lord Brown.

The author, a Professor of History at California State University, Los Angeles, brings a wealth of academic expertise to the narrative. The book delves into significant historical themes and contexts, providing insights that reflect the author's scholarly background. Readers can expect a thorough exploration of historical events, figures, and their implications, presented with a critical and analytical approach that highlights the complexities of the past.

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While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. She draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia--the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias--communities of nuclear families living in highly-subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Plutopia was successful because in its zoned-off isolation it appeared to deliver the promises of the American dream and Soviet communism; in reality, it concealed disasters that remain highly unstable and threatening today.