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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| Materialtyp: | Licensed eBooks |
| Språk: | engelska |
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Boulder, Colo. :
University Press of Colorado
©2002.
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| Serie: | Mining the American West.
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| Länkar: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2tv5vc |
Innehållsförteckning:
- 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.