Atomic Frontier Days (eBook)

Hanford and the American West

John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly (Autoren)

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2011
384 Seiten
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-80298-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Outstanding Title by Choice MagazineOn the banks of the Pacific Northwests greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years of waste from manufacturing plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future.It is easy to think about Hanford as an expression of federal power, a place apart from humanity and nature, but that view distorts its history. Atomic Frontier Days looks through a wider lens, telling a complex story of production, community building, politics, and environmental sensibilities. In brilliantly structured parallel stories, the authors bridge the divisions that accompany Hanfords headlines and offer perspective on todays controversies. Influenced as much by regional culture, economics, and politics as by war, diplomacy, and environmentalism, Hanford and the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick illuminate the history of the modern American West.

Autor

lt;P>John M. Findlay is professor of history at the University of Washington. His focus is social and urban history. Bruce Hevly is associate professor of history at the University of Washington. His focus is history of science and technology.

Inhalt

OnePlutonium, Production, and PollutionHanford's Career as Federal Enclave

TwoThe Atomic City of the WestRichland and the Tri-Cities

ThreeThe Politics of HanfordWarfare and Welfare

FourHanford and the Columbia River BasinEconomy and Ecology

EpilogueAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3Appendix 4Note on SourcesAbbreviations Used in NotesNotesBibliographic EssayIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography
• Verlagsort: Seattle
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-295-80298-7 / 0295802987
• ISBN-13: 978-0-295-80298-5 / 9780295802985