Land of Nuclear Enchantment : A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry /

Show other versions (1)

"In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points-of-view of the local people, including Hispanics, Native Americans, and Anglos. Genay focuses on personal experiences in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Genay, Lucie, 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons industry > Environmental aspects.
Nuclear weapons industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Armes nucleaires > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Nouveau-Mexique.
Armes nucleaires > Industrie > Aspect social > Nouveau-Mexique.
Armes nucleaires > Industrie > Nouveau-Mexique > Histoire.
Nuclear weapons industry > Environmental aspects > New Mexico.
Nuclear weapons industry > Social aspects > New Mexico.
Nuclear weapons industry > New Mexico > History.
New Mexico.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ground zero
  • Land of cultural and economic survival
  • The skeleton of a domestic nuclear empire
  • The manifest destiny of atomic scientists
  • The atomic sun shines over the desert
  • The nuclear golden goose
  • A federal sponsor
  • Cloaked in secrecy
  • Dangerous practices, toxic legacies
  • The sociocultural impacts of a scientific conquest
  • Land, lawsuits, and waste
  • Memory.

Similar Items