Cold war dixie : militarization and modernization in the American south /

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Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frederickson, Kari A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Colección:Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
Temas:
1900 - 1999
Cold War > Social aspects > Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > History > 20th century.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Savannah, Vallée de la (Géorgie et Car. du S.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Social aspects
Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > History > 20th century.
Savannah, Vallée de la (Géorgie et Car. du S.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States > Savannah River Valley
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "This most essential task" : the decision to build the Super
  • A varied landscape : geography and culture in the Savannah River Valley
  • "A land doomed and damned" : the costs of militarization
  • "Bigger'n any lie" : building the bomb plant
  • Rejecting the garrison state : national priorities and local limitations
  • "Better living" : life in a Cold War company town
  • Shifting landscapes : politics and race in a Cold War community
  • Epilogue.

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