{"product_id":"mother-country-britain-the-welfare-state-and-nuclear-pollution-0374526591","title":"Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0374526591\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robinson, Marilynne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51819509023008,"sku":"NEW0374526591","price":23.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71o_AO31XHL.jpg?v=1781133336","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/mother-country-britain-the-welfare-state-and-nuclear-pollution-0374526591","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}