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ATOMIC FRONTIER DAYS
HANFORD AND THE AMERICAN WEST |
| By: |
John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£88.00 |
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£74.80 |
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£13.20 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0295996978 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780295996974 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 July, 2015 |
| Series: |
Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Synopsis: |
Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine On the banks of the Pacific Northwests greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years of waste from manufacturing plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future. It is easy to think about Hanford as an expression of federal power, a place apart from humanity and nature, but that view distorts its history. Atomic Frontier Days looks through a wider lens, telling a complex story of production, community building, politics, and environmental sensibilities. In brilliantly structured parallel stories, the authors bridge the divisions that accompany Hanfords headlines and offer perspective on todays controversies.Influenced as much by regional culture, economics, and politics as by war, diplomacy, and environmentalism, Hanford and the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick illuminate the history of the modern American West. |
| Illustrations: |
34 illus., 2 maps |
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US |
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University of Washington Press |
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Returnable |
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