The Nuclear Borderlands: The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico New Edition Contributor(s): Masco, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691202176 ISBN-13: 9780691202174 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - History | Modern - 20th Century - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects |
Dewey: 623.451 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.80 lbs) 456 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An important investigation of the sociocultural fallout of America's work on the atomic bomb In The Nuclear Borderlands, Joseph Masco offers an in-depth look at the long-term consequences of the Manhattan Project. Masco examines how diverse groups in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico understood and responded to the U.S. nuclear weapons project in the post-Cold War period. He shows that the American focus on potential nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War obscured the broader effects of the nuclear complex on society, and that the atomic bomb produced a new cognitive orientation toward daily life, reconfiguring concepts of time, nature, race, and citizenship. This updated edition includes a brand-new preface by the author discussing current developments in nuclear politics and the scientific impact of the nuclear age on the present epoch of a human-altered climate. |