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Author Farish, Matthew.

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

Imprint Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

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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)

 
    
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