Description |
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages :) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
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Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
"This most essential task" : the decision to build the Super -- A varied landscape : geography and culture in the Savannah River Valley -- "A land doomed and damned" : the costs of militarization -- "Bigger'n any lie" : building the bomb plant -- Rejecting the garrison state : national priorities and local limitations -- "Better living" : life in a Cold War company town -- Shifting landscapes : politics and race in a Cold War community -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 partnership between the Atomic Energy Commission and the DuPont Corporation and was dedicated to producing materials for the hydrogen bomb. Kari Frederickson shows how the needs of the expanding national security state, in combination with the corporate culture of DuPont, transformed the economy, lan. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Cold War -- Social aspects -- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Social aspects. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Frederickson, Kari A. Cold War Dixie 9780820345192 (DLC) 2012048326 (OCoLC)823472891 |
ISBN |
0820345199 |
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9780820345192 |
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0820345660 |
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9780820345666 |
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9780820345192 |
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9780820345666 |
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9780820345208 |
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0820345202 |
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