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From warfare to welfare : defense intellectuals and urban problems in Cold War America /
"Jennifer S. Light argues that the technologies and values of the cold war fundamentally shaped the history of postwar urban America. From Warfare to Welfare examines how American intellectuals, city leaders, and the federal government chose to attack problems in the nation's cities by bor...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Md. ; London :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Planning for the atomic age : creating a community of experts
- The city as a communication system
- Cybernetics and urban renewal
- Urban intelligence gathering
- Moon-shot management for American cities
- Cable as a Cold War technology
- Wired cities.