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Cold war Dxie : militarization and modernization in the American South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frederickson, Kari A
Published: The University of Georgia Press,
Publisher Address: Athens :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
Subjects:
Savannah River Plant E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company > History
Cold War > Social aspects > Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C
Nuclear weapons industry > Social aspects > Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > History > 20th century
Militarism > Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > History > 20th century
Social change > Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > History > 20th century
Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > History > 20th century
Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > Social conditions > 20th century
Savannah River Valley Ga. and S.C. > Economic conditions > 20th century
Aiken S.C. > Social conditions > 20th century
Aiken S.C. > Economic conditions > 20th century
Carrier Form: xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-219) and index.
ISBN: 9780820345192 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
0820345199 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780820345208 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0820345202 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: F277
CLC: K712.9
Call Number: K712.9/F852
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.

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