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Fallout shelter [electronic resource] : designing for civil defense in the Cold War / David Monteyne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monteyne, David.
- Series:
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
- Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture and society.
- Architecture and state--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture and state.
- Architects in government--United States--History--20th century.
- Architects in government.
- Fallout shelters--Social aspects--United States.
- Fallout shelters.
- Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Designing for civil defense in the Cold War
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1961, reacting to U.S. government plans to survey, design, and build fallout shelters, the president of the American Institute of Architects, Philip Will, told the organization's members that ""all practicing architects should prepare themselves to render this vital service to the nation and to their clients."" In an era of nuclear weapons, he argued, architectural expertise could ""preserve us from decimation."". In ""Fallout Shelter,"" David Monteyne traces the partnership that developed between architects and civil defense authorities during the 1950's and 1960's. Officials in the federal
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Hypothetical Hiroshimas : city, suburb, and shelter in 1950s civil defense
- Surveying the Cold War landscape : the national fallout shelter program fallout protection
- Sheltering communities : city and social planning for civil defense
- Design intellectuals : professional architects and civil defense
- Performing architectural expertise : designs for fallout shelter fallout shelter design
- Cold War constructions : fallout shelter in new buildings
- Bunker architecture for the Cold War : Boston City Hall
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-7677-1
- OCLC:
- 741492681
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