Yellow dirt
Subtitle: the betrayal of the Navajos
By: Judy Pasternak.
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416594826
Subjects: Navajo Indians -- Government relations -- History -- 20th century; Navajo Indians -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century; Navajo Indians -- 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; Southwest, New -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: S-37, SOM, and SOQ; title: The uranium rush; title: pt. 1. The patriarch; title: Discovery; title: The special rocks; title: The secret quest; title: Jumping on the king; title: pt. 2. The son; title: Fear and frenzy; title: The power of leetso; title: Cold War; title: The obstacle; title: A hundred tons a day; title: Endings; title: Toxic legacy; title: pt. 3. The grandchildren; title: Aftermath; title: Fallout; title: Avalanche of suspicion; title: A blind eye and a deaf ear; title: pt. 4. The great-grandchildren; title: Death and awakening; title: "Hear our voices"; title: Under scrutiny from every angle; title: Resistance; title: Ghosts; title: Beginnings; title: Epilogue: The steeple.