Meanings of a Disaster

Karena Kalmbach is Assistant Professor in History at Eindhoven University of Technology. She received her doctorate from the European University Institute in Florence for a dissertation that subsequently was awarded the 2015 Book Prize for Young Scholars from the International Committee for the History of Technology.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. 1986-1988: Direct Reactions and Early NarrativesChapter 2. 1989-2005: Chernobyl Memory in the MakingChapter 3. 2006: The Chernobyl 'Renaissance' within the 'Nuclear Renaissance'ConclusionEpilogueBibliography

"The Meanings of a Disaster is a meticulously researched, readable, and intelligently argued analysis of over two decades' worth of Chernobyl discourse in France and Britain." Sonja Schmid, Virginia Tech"As a follow-up to her skillful study of discourses around nuclear power and radiation protection in France following the Chernobyl disaster, Karena Kalmbach has provided a fresh look at the problem in transnational and comparative perspective. Her argument is well-grounded, based on broad evidence, and embedded within a clear and effective conceptual framework." Anna Veronika Wendland, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe