John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West 9780295996974

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Автор: John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly
Название: Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West
ISBN: 9780295996974
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

История индустриализации и развития промышленности

Энергетика и коммунальное хозяйство

Атомная энергетика

ISBN-10: 0295996978
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.71 кг.
Дата издания: 20.07.2015
Серия: Emil and kathleen sick book series in western history and biographyemil and kathleen sick book series in western history and biographyemil and kathleen sick book series in western history and biograph
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 34 illus., 2 maps
Размер: 229 x 152 x 25
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA),SCIENCE / History
Подзаголовок: Hanford and the american west
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Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine

On the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s 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 Hanford’s headlines and offer perspective on today’s 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.

Дополнительное описание:

One
Plutonium, Production, and Pollution
Hanford's Career as Federal Enclave

Two
The Atomic City of the West
Richland and the Tri-Cities

Three
The Politics of Hanford
Warfare and Welfare

Four
Hanford

Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West, John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly