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Gabrielle  Hecht hechtg@umich.edu University of Michigan History Department 1029 Tisch Hall 48109-1003 Ann Arbor MI USA phone: +1 734 647 7937 / 4346 fax: (+)1 734 647 4881

Biographical Sketch

Gabrielle Hecht is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, where she specialized in the history of technology. Her first book is titled The Radiance of France: Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II (MIT Press 1998). Her most recent book is a collection of essays co-edited with Michael T. Allen, entitled Technologies of Power (MIT Press, 2001. Her new research is on uranium mining, colonialism, and postcoloniality.