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Author

Farish, Matthew.

Title The contours of America's cold war / Matthew Farish.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	973.918 F228c 2010	---	Available

Description	xxvii, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : a history of cold war spaces -- Global views : geopolitics, science, and culture -- Regional intelligence : the militarization of geographical knowledge -- Illuminating the terrain : social science finds its targets -- The cybernetic continent : North America as defense laboratory -- Anxious urbanism : strategies for the atomic city -- Conclusion : into space.
Subject	United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
	Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	War and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780816648429 (hc : alk. paper)
	0816648425 (hc : alk. paper)
	9780816648436 (pb : alk. paper)
	0816648433 (pb : alk. paper)