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British Nuclear Culture

Official and Unofficial Narratives in the Long 20th Century

de Dr Jonathan Hogg ...

The advent of the atomic bomb, the social and cultural impact of nuclear science, and the history of the British nuclear state after 1945 is a complex and contested story. British Nuclear Culture is an important survey that offers a new interpretation of the nuclear century by tracing the tensions between 'official' and 'unofficial' nuclear narratives in British culture.In this book, Jonathan Hogg ... Leer más

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The advent of the atomic bomb, the social and cultural impact of nuclear science, and the history of the British nuclear state after 1945 is a complex and contested story. British Nuclear Culture is an important survey that offers a new interpretation of the nuclear century by tracing the tensions between 'official' and 'unofficial' nuclear narratives in British culture.In this book, Jonathan Hogg
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British Nuclear Mobilisation Since 1945

Social and Cultural Histories

Edición de Jonathan Hogg, Kate Brown ...

This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945–1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by historians of post-war Britain.In the years after 1945, the British government mobilised money, scientific knowledge, people and military–industrial ... Leer más

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This book explores aspects of the social and cultural history of nuclear Britain in the Cold War era (1945–1991) and contributes to a more multivalent exploration of the consequences of nuclear choices which are too often left unacknowledged by historians of post-war Britain.In the years after 1945, the British government mobilised money, scientific knowledge, people and military–industrial
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Cold War Cities

Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism, 1945–1965

Edición de Richard Brook, Martin Dodge, Jonathan Hogg ...

Series series Routledge Research in Historical Geography
This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic warfare. It explores urbanism as a weapon to combat the dangers of the communist intrusion into the American territories and promote living standards for the urban poor in the US cities.The Cold War saw the birth of ‘atomic urbanisation’, central to which were planning, politics and ... Leer más

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This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic warfare. It explores urbanism as a weapon to combat the dangers of the communist intrusion into the American territories and promote living standards for the urban poor in the US cities.The Cold War saw the birth of ‘atomic urbanisation’, central to which were planning, politics and
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Disarming Doomsday

The Human Impact of Nuclear Weapons since Hiroshima

de Becky Alexis-Martin ...

Series series Radical Geography
***Winner of the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2020******Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2020***Since the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these ... Leer más

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***Winner of the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2020******Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award 2020***Since the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these
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Atomic Thunder

British Nuclear Testing in Australia

de Elizabeth Tynan ...

An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometres of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test ... Leer más

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An in-depth account of Great Britain's atomic testing efforts in South Australia in the 1950s and '60s, and its effects.British nuclear testing took place at Maralinga, South Australia, between 1956 and 1963, after Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies had handed over 3,200 square kilometres of open desert to the British Government, without informing his own people. The atomic weapons test
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The Nuclear North

Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age

de Susan Colbourn, Timothy Andrews Sayle ...

Series series The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History
Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world.The Nuclear North investigates critical questions in these ongoing debates. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of using nuclear weapons for their own security? Should ... Leer más

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Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world.The Nuclear North investigates critical questions in these ongoing debates. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of using nuclear weapons for their own security? Should
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Britain's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent

From Before the V-Bomber to Beyond Trident

de Robert H. Paterson ...

Having served opposite Warsaw Pact forces in the 1950s and on Embassy duty in the 70s in Europe, the author offers a reasoned assessment of Britain's role in the so-called "nuclear club". He asks whether Britain really needs to be a member. ... Leer más

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Having served opposite Warsaw Pact forces in the 1950s and on Embassy duty in the 70s in Europe, the author offers a reasoned assessment of Britain's role in the so-called "nuclear club". He asks whether Britain really needs to be a member.
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Wales and the Bomb

The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the UK Nuclear Programme

de John Baylis ...

Series series Scientists of Wales
The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme - especially the military programme - from the Second World War through to the present day. After the war, a number of Welsh scientists at Harwell played an important role in the development of civil nuclear power, and subsequently also at Aldermaston where ... Leer más

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The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme - especially the military programme - from the Second World War through to the present day. After the war, a number of Welsh scientists at Harwell played an important role in the development of civil nuclear power, and subsequently also at Aldermaston where
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A Physicists Labour In War And Peace

de E W Kellermann ...

This informative book covers the pre war period to the 1990s spanning the author s experience of the rise of Nazism on the continent, his research and his involvement in the planning of Science and Higher Education in Britain. He gives a wry commentary on education and science in Britain, and describes his role in pressing for adequate funding for science, especially during the Thatcher era. His ... Leer más

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This informative book covers the pre war period to the 1990s spanning the author s experience of the rise of Nazism on the continent, his research and his involvement in the planning of Science and Higher Education in Britain. He gives a wry commentary on education and science in Britain, and describes his role in pressing for adequate funding for science, especially during the Thatcher era. His
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Australia and Nuclear War

Edición de Michael Denborough ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
‘I pray that words spoken at this conference may carry beyond walls and reach thousands of ears hitherto deaf to warnings of the final catastrophe.’ So said Patrick White in June 1983 at an important symposium organised by the Australian National University to examine the whole issue of nuclear war and its implications for Australia.Many prominent Australians – including H. C. Coombs, Senator ... Leer más

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‘I pray that words spoken at this conference may carry beyond walls and reach thousands of ears hitherto deaf to warnings of the final catastrophe.’ So said Patrick White in June 1983 at an important symposium organised by the Australian National University to examine the whole issue of nuclear war and its implications for Australia.Many prominent Australians – including H. C. Coombs, Senator
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The Neutron's Children

Nuclear Engineers and the Shaping of Identity

de Sean F. Johnston ...

The first nuclear engineers emerged from the Manhattan Project in the USA, UK and Canada, but remained hidden behind security for a further decade. Cosseted and cloistered by their governments, they worked to explore applications of atomic energy at a handful of national labs. This unique bottom-up history traces how the identities of these unusually voiceless experts - forming a uniquely state ... Leer más

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The first nuclear engineers emerged from the Manhattan Project in the USA, UK and Canada, but remained hidden behind security for a further decade. Cosseted and cloistered by their governments, they worked to explore applications of atomic energy at a handful of national labs. This unique bottom-up history traces how the identities of these unusually voiceless experts - forming a uniquely state
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Interesting Times

A Twentieth-Century Life

de Eric Hobsbawm ...

Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, “I know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible futures.” Skeptical, endlessly curious, and almost contemporary with the terrible “short century” which is the ... Leer más

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Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, “I know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible futures.” Skeptical, endlessly curious, and almost contemporary with the terrible “short century” which is the
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