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In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico’s nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people. Genay focuses on personal experiences in order to give a sense of the upheaval that accompanied the rise of the nuclear era.

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • L. M. García y Griego
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter One. Introduction: Ground Zero
  • Chapter Two. Land of Cultural and Economic Survival
  • Chapter Three. The Skeleton of a Domestic Nuclear Empire
  • Chapter Four. The Manifest Destiny of Atomic Scientists
  • Chapter Five. The Atomic Sun Shines Over the Desert
  • Chapter Six. The Nuclear Golden Goose
  • Chapter Seven. A Federal Sponsor
  • Chapter Eight. Cloaked in Secrecy
  • Chapter Nine. Dangerous Practices, Toxic Legacies
  • Chapter Ten. The Sociocultural Impacts of a Scientific Conquest
  • Chapter Eleven. Land, Lawsuits, and Waste
  • Conclusion. Memory
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: 4/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826363862, 978-0826363862
      ISBN10: 0826363865

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico’s nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people. Genay focuses on personal experiences in order to give a sense of the upheaval that accompanied the rise of the nuclear era.

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • L. M. García y Griego
      • Acknowledgments
      • Abbreviations
      • Chapter One. Introduction: Ground Zero
      • Chapter Two. Land of Cultural and Economic Survival
      • Chapter Three. The Skeleton of a Domestic Nuclear Empire
      • Chapter Four. The Manifest Destiny of Atomic Scientists
      • Chapter Five. The Atomic Sun Shines Over the Desert
      • Chapter Six. The Nuclear Golden Goose
      • Chapter Seven. A Federal Sponsor
      • Chapter Eight. Cloaked in Secrecy
      • Chapter Nine. Dangerous Practices, Toxic Legacies
      • Chapter Ten. The Sociocultural Impacts of a Scientific Conquest
      • Chapter Eleven. Land, Lawsuits, and Waste
      • Conclusion. Memory
      • Notes
      • Selected Bibliography
      • Index

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