The wretched atom : America's global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
The wretched atom : America's global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
The wretched atom : America's global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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G 2021/1335
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English
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x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The have-nots -- A thousand years into one -- Forgetting the bad dreams of the past -- Colored and white atoms -- Turf wars and green revolutions -- Water, blood, and the nuclear club -- Nuclear mosques and monuments -- The era of distrust -- Conclusion: The cornucopian illusion.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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New York (State)
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[2021]
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"After the Second World War, the United States offered a new kind of atom that differed from the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atom would cure diseases, produce new foods, make deserts bloom, and provide abundant energy for all. It was an atom destined for the formerly colonized, recently occupied, and mostly non-white parts of...
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The wretched atom : America's global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology / Jacob Darwin Hamblin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1335
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74VKaVbyMx2b
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019752690X
9780197526903
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338.4762345119097309045
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991024416593902626
