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Itineraries of Expertise Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America's Long Cold War Edited by Andra B. Chastain and Timothy W. Lorek Series: Intersections
Argues for the importance of expertise in the Latin American Cold War. Itineraries of Expertise contends that experts and expertise played fundamental roles in the Latin American Cold War. While traditional Cold War histories of the region have examined diplomatic, intelligence, and military operations and more recent studies have probed the cultural dimensions of the conflict, the experts who constitute the focus of this volume transcend these categories.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822945963 • Paperback 22 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 480 pages • March 2020 • £30.00
Radiation Evangelists Technology, Therapy, and Uncertainty at the Turn of the Century By , Jeffrey Womack
A cautionary tale of technological medical progress and the consequences of human experimentation. Explores x-ray and radium therapy in the United States and Great Britain during a crucial period of its development, from 1896 to 1925. It focuses on the pioneering work of early advocates in the field, the “radiation evangelists” who, motivated by their faith in a new technology, trust in new energy sources, and hope for future breakthroughs, turned a blind eye to the dangers of radiation exposure.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822946090 • Hardback 43 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 228 pages • March 2020 • £30.00
Weather, Climate, and the Geographical Imagination Placing Atmospheric Knowledges Edited by Martin Mahony and Samuel Randalls Series: Intersections
The history of expertise, practice, and politics related to weather and climate. As global temperatures rise, new questions are being asked of how societies make sense of their weather, of the cultural values which are afforded to climate, and of how environmental futures are imagined, feared, predicted, and remade. This book brings together a range of voices from history of science, historical geography, and environmental history, each speaking to a set of questions about the role of space and place in the production, circulation, reception, and application of knowledges about weather and climate. University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822946168 • Hardback 22 b/w illus. • 229 x 152mm • 360 pages • March 2020 • £40.00
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