Book ID: CBB000083858

The radiance of France: Nuclear power and national identity after World War II (1998)

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Hecht, Gabrielle (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 1998
Physical Details: xiv + 453 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Langins, J. (2000) Review of "The radiance of France: Nuclear power and national identity after World War II". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 107). unapi

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Review Dahl, P. F. (2001) Review of "The radiance of France: Nuclear power and national identity after World War II". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 212). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hecht, Gabrielle
Adamson, Matthew
Kojima, Chieko
Kalmbach, Karena
Valerie Arnhold
Anna Konieczna
Journals
Cold War History
French Historical Studies
Technology and Culture
Social Studies of Science
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
科学史研究 Kagakusi Kenkyu (History of Science)
Publishers
MIT Press
Harvard University Press
Berghahn Books
Association pour l'Histoire de l'Electricité en France
Indiana University
University of Pennsylvania
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Uranium
Technology and government
Nuclear power stations
International cooperation
International relations
People
Joliot-Curie, Frédéric
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
France
Great Britain
United States
South Africa
India
Institutions
France. Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
Électricité de France
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