Better Active than Radioactive!: Anti-Nuclear Protest in 1970s France and West Germany (Oxford Historical Monographs)

Synopsis

During The 1970s, Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Across Western Europe Protested Against Civil Nuclear Energy. This Volume Uses A Mix Of Oral And Archival History To Explore How Citizens From Disparate Walks Of Life In France And West Germany United To Oppose Nuclear Power, Transcending National Borders And Political And Social Differences. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. The Opposition To Nuclear Energy: A Transnational History Of Protest In The 1970s -- 2. Anti-nuclear Fusion: Protesters, Motivations, And Traditions -- 3. `radioactivity Doesn't Stop At The Border -- And Neither Do We!': Transnational Networks, Protest, And People -- 4. `power To The Bauer!': Local Protest In The Rural World -- 5. `peaceful But Offensive' Protest: Violence And Non-violence In The Anti-nuclear Movement -- 6. Legacies: Trajectories Of Activism And Activists Since The 1980s. Andrew S. Tompkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.