Longing for the bomb : Oak Ridge and atomic nostalgia /

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"Longing for the Bomb traces the unusual story of the first atomic city and the emergence of American nuclear culture. Tucked into the folds of Appalachia and kept off all commercial maps, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created for the Manhattan Project by the U.S. government in the 1940s. Its worke...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Freeman, Lindsey A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Manhattan Project (U.S.) > History.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory > History > 20th century.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1900-1999
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States > History.
Official secrets > United States > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
Bombe atomique > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Secrets d'État > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Official secrets
Popular culture
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) > History > 20th century.
Tennessee > Oak Ridge
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • The atomic prophecy
  • Brahms and bombs on the atomic frontier
  • At work in the atomic beehive
  • We didn't exactly live in a democracy
  • From Hiroshima to normalization
  • Happy memories under the mushroom cloud
  • Manhattan Project time machine
  • Atomic snapshots
  • Longing for the bomb.

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