Cold War Dixie : militarization and modernization in the American South / Kari Frederickson

Author: Frederickson, Kari A.
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Physical Description: xii, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

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Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South

Contents

"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.

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9780820345192 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0820345199 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780820345208 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0820345202 (paperback : alkaline paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-219) and index.

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