Nuclear New Mexico :: a historical, natural, and virtual tour /

The mountains, valleys, forests, and sands of 1940s New Mexico served as a picturesque backdrop to the dawn of the Atomic Age, the land?s natural beauty coexisting with secretive, nuclear development. Today, nuclear tourists and nature tourists travel a shared path through the state as the history o...

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Hauptverfasser: Killingsworth, M. Jimmie (VerfasserIn), Palmer, Jacqueline S. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Frost, James E. (FotografIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2018]
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:American Wests.
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Zusammenfassung:The mountains, valleys, forests, and sands of 1940s New Mexico served as a picturesque backdrop to the dawn of the Atomic Age, the land?s natural beauty coexisting with secretive, nuclear development. Today, nuclear tourists and nature tourists travel a shared path through the state as the history of the bomb is commemorated at official sites, often alongside monuments to natural preservation: Trinity Site, bordered by the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Preserve; Los Alamos, wedged between Valles Caldera and Bandelier National Monument; and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, across from Carlsbad Caverns. More than just a glimpse into the history of the atomic bomb and the tourism it spawned within New Mexico, Nuclear New Mexico also examines the impact of nuclear testing within the rise of environmentalism. As readers explore New Mexico?s landscape and its history, they will recognize familiar uncertainties and concerns about their own special places on the planet as societies adapt to rapidly altered landscapes.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 200 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781623496890
1623496896

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