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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsThe Atomic West: Region and Nation, 1942-1992 - Bruce Hevly and John FindlayI. BUILDING A FEDERAL PRESENCEGrand Coulee and Hanford: The Atomic Bomb and the Development of the Columbia River - Robert FickenGeneral Groves and the Atomic West: The Making and Meaning of Hanford - Stanley GoldbergBuilding the Atomic Cities: Richland, Los Alamos, and the American Planning Language -Carl Abbott II. THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AT WORKThe University of California, the Federal Weapons Labs, and the Founding of the Atomic West - Greg HerkenJames L. Tuck: Scientific Polymath and Eternal Optimist of the Atomic West - Ferenc Szasz"Hotter Than a $2 Pistol": Fallout, Sheep, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1953-1986 - Barton HackerIII. LOCAL RESISTANCEAlaska and the Frecracker Boys: The Story of Project Chariot - Dan O'NeillRadical Initiatives and Moderate Alternatives: California's 1976 Nuclear Safeguards Initiative - Thomas WellockAntinuclear Activism in the Pacific Northwest: WPPSS and Its Enemies - Daniel PopeAir Force, Western Shoshone, and Mormon Rhetoric of Place and the MX Conflict - Matthew GlassContributorsIndex
