Uses 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, how they did it, and why nuclear costs and hazards were systematically underestimated. The second half looks at current debates about the technology's future through the lens of its history.
| ISBN: | 9780791433904 |
| Publication date: | 2nd October 1997 |
| Author: | Steven Mark Cohn |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 467 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political Theory |
| Genres: |
Philosophy |
Uses 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, how they did it, and why nuclear costs and hazards were systematically underestimated.
Too Cheap to Meter features in the following genres: Philosophy
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Too Cheap to Meter was written by Steven Mark Cohn and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Too Cheap to Meter has 467 pages
Yes it is part of SUNY Series in Radical Social and Political Theory series