Tainted Desert

<p>For decades, nuclear testing in America's southwest was shrouded in secrecy, with images gradually made public of mushroom clouds blooming over the desert. Now, another nuclear crisis looms over this region: the storage of tens of thousands of tons of nuclear waste. <em>Tainted</em><em>Desert</em> maps the nuclear landscapes of the US inter-desert southwest, a land sacrificed to the Cold-War arms race and nuclear energy policy.</p> One: Mapping the Nuclear Landscape; 1: Introduction; 2: Tragedy at the Center of the Universe; 3: Science Cities in the Desert; 4: Nuclear Wasteland; Two: Power, Representation, and Cultural Politics at Yucca Mountain; 5: The View from Yucca Mountain; 6: Cultural Politics; 7: The Country of Lost Borders; 8: Aboriginal Homeland; 9: The Experimental Landscape; 10: Conclusion