Exploring power and place : the Enrico Fermi Atomic Energy Plant and the workers of Downriver Detroit.

Michigan State University Professor of History Lisa Fine delivers a talk entitled, "Exploring Power and Place: The Enrico Fermi Atomic Energy Plant and the Workers of Downriver Detroit". Fine describes the relationship of the Detroit Edison Fermi nuclear power plant workers to the place in which they lived and worked near Detroit. She explains ethnic and trade connections and then describes how the workers created a regional identity that was unique and dependent upon geography. Fine discusses the history of the plant's construction, resistance by unions to the site and construction, concerns about safety, and emergent environmentalism. A question and answer session follows. Fine is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum.

Recorded at the Michigan State University Museum by the Vincent Voice Library, Apr. 13, 2012.