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Uranium matters : Central European uranium in international politics, 1900-1960 / by Zbynek Zeman and Rainer Karlsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zeman, Z. A. B. (Zbyněk A. B.), 1928-2011.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Uranium industry--Germany (East)--History.
- Uranium industry.
- Uranium industry--Czechoslovakia--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Central European University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge – the Ore Mountains – on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb.
- Contents:
- Unparalleled power
- The Erzgebirge region
- The politics of Czechoslovak uranium
- Wismut AG : a state within a state.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-003-72365-9
- 978-6-15521-146-1
- 9786155211461
- 615-5211-46-9
- 1-283-24802-6
- 9786613248022
- 1-4356-3239-7
- 9781003723653
- OCLC:
- 870363787
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