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Cold War Dixie : militarization and modernization in the American South
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- Creator
- Kari Frederickson
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
- Physical Details
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- xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780820345208, 0820345202, 0820345199, 0820345660, 9780820345192, 9780820345666
- OCLC
- ocn849919737, ocn854973933, ocn823472891
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index.
- "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
Subjects
- Savannah River Plant (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) -- History.
- Cold War -- Social aspects -- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.).
- Nuclear weapons industry -- Social aspects -- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Militarism -- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Social change -- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
- Aiken (S.C.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Aiken (S.C.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.