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  • In Praise of the Unfinished

    Selected Poems

    by Julia Hartwig ...
    Translated by John Carpenter, Bogdana Carpenter ...
    Hailed by Czeslaw Milosz as “the grande dame of Polish poetry” and named “one of the foremost Polish poets of the twentieth century” by Ryszard Kapuscinski, Julia Hartwig has long been considered the gold standard of poetry in her native Poland. With this career-spanning collection, we finally have a book of her work in English.The tragic story of the last century flows naturally through Hartwig’s ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • Japan’s Triple Disaster

    Pursuing Justice after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Nuclear Accident

    Edited by Natalia Novikova, Julia Gerster, Manuela G. Hartwig ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The authors of this volume discuss questions of disaster and justice from various interdisciplinary vantage points, including public policy, science and technology studies, law, gender, sociology and psychology, social and cultural anthropology, town planning and tourism.The term "natural" disasters is a misnomer; cataclysmic natural events that impact humans can often be anticipated and their ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

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  • The Ethics of Nuclear Energy

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  • Japan

    The Precarious Future

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    The Gender Politics of Food Contamination after Fukushima

    by Aya Hirata Kimura ...
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  • Beyond Sputnik

    U.S. Science Policy in the Twenty-First Century

    by Homer Alfred Neal, Tobin Smith, Jennifer McCormick ...
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    How the Experts See America's Energy Choices

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  • The National Politics of Nuclear Power

    Economics, Security, and Governance

    by Benjamin K. Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine ...
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    This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis.The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for embarking on nuclear power programs: (1) national security and secrecy, (2) technocratic ideology, (3) ... Read more

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  • Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in East Asia

    Edited by Jusen Asuka, Dan Jin ...
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