Nuclear Testing in French Polynesia: After Fifty Years of Lies and State Secrets

The essay discusses, from an Indigenous perspective, the French nuclear weapon tests in the southern Pacific islands. It presents a vivid scenario of the detrimental effects and social inequalities produced by the dynamic of ‘industrialization without industry’ brought about by militarisation and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spitz, Chantal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari 2023-11-01
Series:Lagoonscapes
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2023/02/006