Rupture-talk in the nuclear age: Conjugating colonial power in Africa

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 691-727

  Hecht, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Decolonization; Gabon; Madagascar; Mining; Safety; Sociotechnical practices; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038070201     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631270203200504     Document Type: Review

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