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Nuclear suburbs : Cold War technoscience and the Pittsburgh Renaissance / Patrick Vitale.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vitale, Patrick, author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
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.

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