Atomic environments : nuclear technologies, the natural world, and policymaking, 1945-1960 /

"Demonstrates how policymakers influenced environmental science during the early nuclear age In Atomic Environments: Nuclear Technologies, the Natural World, and Policymaking, 1945-1960, Neil S. Oatsvall examines how top officials in the Truman and Eisenhower administrations used environmental...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Oatsvall, Neil S., 1982- (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2023]
Reeks:Nexus (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3435659
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Part I. Nuclear weapons testing in Natural and Political Systems
  • Bombs in Their Natural Habitats
  • Fallout over Fallout
  • Cold War Environmental Diplomacy
  • Part II. Nuclear Technologies by Land and by Sea
  • Atomic Agriculture
  • From Affluence to Effluence
  • Conclusion: On Nuclear Technologies, Decision Making, and Environmentalism.