Cold war dixie: militarization and modernization in the American south
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1. Verfasser: Frederickson, Kari A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens University of Georgia Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
"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
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
Beschreibung:xii, 226 pages :
ISBN:0820345199
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