Book ID: CBB000083796

The atomic West (1998)

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


Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest


Publication Date: 1998
Physical Details: x + 286 pp.; notes; index

Description Contents: Hevly, Bruce, Findlay, John M.: The atomic West: Region and nation, 1942-1992. Ficken, Robert E.: Grand Coulee and Hanford: The atomic bomb and the development of the Columbia River. Goldberg, Stanley: General Groves and the atomic West: The making and the meaning of Hanford. Abbott, Carl: Building the atomic cities: Richland, Los Alamos, and the American planning language. Herken, Gregg: The University of California, the Federal Weapons Labs, and the founding of the atomic West. Szasz, Ferenc M.: James L. Tuck: Scientific polymath and eternal optimist of the atomic West. Hacker, Barton C.: “Hotter than a $2 pistol”: Fallout, sheep, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-1986. O'Neill, Dan: Alaska and the firecracker boys: The story of Project Chariot. Wellock, Thomas: Radical initiatives and moderate alternatives: California's 1976 nuclear safeguards initiative. Pope, Daniel: Antinuclear activism in the Pacific Northwest: WPPSS and its enemies. Glass, Matthew: Air Force, Western Shoshone, and Mormon rhetoric of place and the MX conflict.


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Authors & Contributors
Walker, J. Samuel
Seidel, Robert W.
Mazuzan, George T.
Hewlett, Richard G.
Hacker, Barton C.
Lisa M. Richards
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Regulation
Atomic bomb
Nuclear testing
Human rights
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Nevada (U.S.)
Spain
Institutions
United States. Atomic Energy Commission
United States. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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