Cold War Dixie /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frederickson, Kari A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social aspects.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Savannah, Vallee de la (Georgie et Car. du S.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cold War > Social aspects > Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > History > 20th century.
United States > Savannah River Valley
Savannah, Vallee de la (Georgie et Car. du S.) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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