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The contours of America's cold war /

In The Contours of America's Cold War, Matthew Farish explores new ways of conceptualizing space as part of post-World War II American militarism. He demonstrates how the social sciences were militarized in the early Cold War period, producing spatial knowledge that was of immediate use to the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farish, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The Contours of America's Cold War, Matthew Farish explores new ways of conceptualizing space as part of post-World War II American militarism. He demonstrates how the social sciences were militarized in the early Cold War period, producing spatial knowledge that was of immediate use to the state as it sought to expand its reach across the globe. Geographic knowledge generated for the Cold War was a form of power, Farish argues, and it was given an urgency in the panels, advisory boards, and study groups established to address the challenges of an atomic world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvii, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816675081
0816675082
9781299945012
1299945015