The Atomic West

Author:   Bruce W. Hevly ,  John M. Findlay ,  Bruce Hevly
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
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9780295977164


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Bruce W. Hevly ,  John M. Findlay ,  Bruce Hevly
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780295977164


ISBN 10:   0295977167
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Acknowledgments The Atomic West: Region and Nation, 1942-1992 - Bruce Hevly and John Findlay I. BUILDING A FEDERAL PRESENCE Grand Coulee and Hanford: The Atomic Bomb and the Development of the Columbia River - Robert Ficken General Groves and the Atomic West: The Making and Meaning of Hanford - Stanley Goldberg Building the Atomic Cities: Richland, Los Alamos, and the American Planning Language -Carl Abbott II. THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AT WORK The University of California, the Federal Weapons Labs, and the Founding of the Atomic West - Greg Herken James L. Tuck: Scientific Polymath and Eternal Optimist of the Atomic West - Ferenc Szasz ""Hotter Than a $2 Pistol"": Fallout, Sheep, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-1986 - Barton Hacker III. LOCAL RESISTANCE Alaska and the Frecracker Boys: The Story of Project Chariot - Dan O'Neill Radical Initiatives and Moderate Alternatives: California's 1976 Nuclear Safeguards Initiative - Thomas Wellock Antinuclear Activism in the Pacific Northwest: WPPSS and Its Enemies - Daniel Pope Air Force, Western Shoshone, and Mormon Rhetoric of Place and the MX Conflict - Matthew Glass Contributors Index"

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Bruce Hevly is associate professor of history at the University of Washington. John Findlay is professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington. Other contributors include Robert E. Ficken, Carl Abbott, Stanley Goldberg, Gregg Herken, Ferenc M. Szasz, Barton C. Hacker, Dan O'Neill, Matthew Glass, Thomas Wellock, and Daniel Pope.

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