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Author:

Kirk, Andrew G., 1964- author.

Title:

Doom Towns : The People and Landscapes of Atomic Testing : A Graphic History / Andrew G. Kirk.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xlii, 337 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm

Subject:

Nuclear weapons--Environmental aspects--Environmental aspects--United States.
United States--Environmental aspects.--Environmental aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319).

Contents:

Part I. The graphic history -- Trinity -- Crossroads -- Nutmeg -- Ranger -- Doom town -- Fallout -- Boltzman -- Smokey -- Secrecy and history -- Part II. Primary documents -- Trinity -- Crossroads -- Nutmeg -- Ranger -- Doom towns -- Fallout -- Boltzman -- Smokey -- Secrecy and history -- Part III. Historical context -- The world at Trinity -- What is a Cold War? -- Dividing the globe -- Tipping points and atomic escalation -- Eisenhower's new look -- Atomic west -- Picturing wastelands -- Part IV. The questions -- Contingency -- Oral history -- DOE opennet -- Primary documents -- Images as evidence -- Making graphic history.

ISBN:

0199375909
9780199375905

OCLC:

(OCoLC)950083935

LCCN:

2016015266

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)