Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed / Judy Pasternak.

"Judy Pasternak tells the haunting story of uranium mining in the Navajo desert and its long-ignored legacy"--from book on disc.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pasternak, Judy, 1956-
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2010.
Edition:First Free Press hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Navajo people > Government relations > History > 20th century.
Navajo people > Health and hygiene > History > 20th century.
Navajo people > Biography.
Uranium mines and mining > Political aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Uranium mines and mining > Social aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Radiation > Health aspects > Southwest, New > History > 20th century.
Navajo Indian Reservation > History > 20th century.
New Southwest > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: S-37, SOM, and SOQ
  • The uranium rush
  • pt. I. The patriarch
  • Discovery
  • The special rocks
  • The secret quest
  • Jumping on the king
  • pt. II. The son
  • Fear and frenzy
  • The power of łeetso
  • Cold War
  • The obstacle
  • A hundred tons a day
  • Endings
  • Toxic legacy
  • pt. III. The grandchildren
  • Aftermath
  • Fallout
  • Avalanche of suspicion
  • A blind eye and a deaf ear
  • pt. IV. The great-grandchildren
  • Death and awakening
  • "Hear our voices"
  • Under scrutiny from every angle
  • Resistance
  • Ghosts
  • Beginnings
  • Epilogue: The steeple.