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Atomic Frontier Days

- Hanford and the American West
Af: Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay Engelsk Hardback

Atomic Frontier Days

- Hanford and the American West
Af: Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay Engelsk Hardback
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On the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s 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 Hanford’s headlines and offer perspective on today’s 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.

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Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine

On the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s 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 Hanford’s headlines and offer perspective on today’s 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.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780295996974
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0295996978
Kategori: US Pacific Northwest
Udg. Dato: 20 jul 2015
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 20 jul 2015
Forfatter(e): Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay
Forfatter(e) Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay

Kategori US Pacific Northwest

ISBN-13 9780295996974

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 20 jul 2015

Oplagsdato 20 jul 2015

Forlag University of Washington Press

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