Book ID: CBB001021204

Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden (2010)

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Lundin, Per (Editor)
Stenlås, Niklas (Editor)
Gribbe, Johan (Editor)


Science History Publications


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 324 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.
Language: English

Description Includes:


Reviewed By

Review Petter Wulff (2014) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 164-166). unapi

Review Thomas, William (2012) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Economic History Review (p. 398). unapi

Review Thomas, William (2012) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Economic History Review (p. 398). unapi

Review van der Vleuten, Erik (2012) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Technology and Culture (p. 231). unapi

Review Ingebritsen, Christine (2011) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 469-471). unapi

Review Widmalm, Sven (2012) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 807-808). unapi

Review Autio-Sarasmo, Sari (2013) Review of "Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 123-126). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Lundin, Per; Stenlås, Niklas (2010) Technology, State Initiative and National Myths in Cold War Sweden: An Introduction. In: Science for Welfare and Warfare: Technology and State Initiative in Cold War Sweden. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Benjamin W. Goossen
Johnson, Alison F.
Weiner, Sharon K.
Wang, Jessica
Thompson, Nicholas
Slayton, Rebecca
Journals
Western Historical Quarterly
Technology and Culture
Social Studies of Science
Osteuropa
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
University of Texas at Austin
University of Arkansas
University of Washington Press
University of Massachusetts Press
The MIT Press
Stanford University Press
Concepts
Science and war; science and the military
Cold War
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Technology
Arms race
People
Pauling, Linus Carl
Kistiakowsky, George Bogdan
Wiesner, Jerome B.
Sagan, Carl
Rabinowitch, Eugene
Bethe, Hans Albrecht
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
California (U.S.)
South Dakota (U.S.)
Los Angeles (California)
Russia
Institutions
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
United States. President's Science Advisory Committee
Strategic Defense Initiative
Smithsonian Institution
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