1 option
Nuclear suburbs : Cold War technoscience and the Pittsburgh Renaissance / Patrick Vitale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vitale, Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.
- Suburbs.
- Scientists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Social conditions.
- Scientists.
- Nuclear engineers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Social conditions.
- Nuclear engineers.
- Science--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Science.
- Technology--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Technology.
- Cold War--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Cold War.
- Cold War--Economic aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Social aspects.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History--20th century.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Engineering the bubble
- Going critical : technoscience, the Cold War, and the Pittsburgh Renaissance
- Research and Renaissance : renewing the city for scientists
- The invention of research man
- The Monroeville doctrine : how the suburbs shaped Cold War science
- Finding a home in the nuclear suburbs
- Invisibilities of nuclear engineering
- Warplace/workplace : technoscientific jobs during the Cold War
- Epilogue: Did science save Pittsburgh?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Vitale, Patrick. Nuclear suburbs
- ISBN:
- 9781452965659
- 145296565X
- 9781452965642
- 1452965641
- Publisher Number:
- 40030538694
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.