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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.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History--20th century.
- Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 288 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "From submarines to the suburbs-the remaking of Pittsburgh during the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher
- 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 index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-6564-1
- OCLC:
- 1230250438
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