Mother Country
Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science
| Author: | Marilynne Robinson | ISBN: | 9781429944731 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | April 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marilynne Robinson |
| ISBN: | 9781429944731 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | April 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworth's cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit.
Mother Country is a 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworth's cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit.
Mother Country is a 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
