Yellowcake towns : uranium mining communities in the American West /

Michael Amundson presents a detailed analysis of the four mining communities at the hub of the twentieth-century uranium booms: Moab, Utah; Grants, New Mexico; Uravan, Colorado; and Jeffrey City, Wyoming. He follows the ups and downs of these "Yellowcake Towns" from uranium's origins...

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প্রধান লেখক: Amundson, Michael A., 1965-
বিন্যাস: Licensed eBooks
ভাষা:ইংরেজি
প্রকাশিত: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado ©2002.
মালা:Mining the American West.
অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2tv5vc
সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
  • 1. From weed to weapon
  • 2. To stimulate production and in the interest of security
  • 3. Uranium company towns in the American West
  • 4. The uranium capital of the world I: Moab
  • 5. The uranium capital of the world II: Grants
  • 6. Allocation, protectionism, and subsistence
  • 7. Creatures of Uncle Sam
  • 8. The commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988
  • 9. Yellowcake towns during the commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988.