Uranium Matters
Central European Uranium in International Politics, 19001960
Published on 10. March 2008
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-963-9776-00-5 (ISBN)
Description
Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge - the Ore Mountains - on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Academic
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-963-9776-00-5 (9789639776005)
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Rainer Karlsch | Zbynek Zeman
Uranium Matters
Central European Uranium in International Politics, 19001960
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03/2008
Central European University Press
€88.49
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Persons
Rainer Karlsch teaches Economic History at Humboldt University as well as at the Free University, Berlin.
Zbynek Zeman is Professor Emeritus in European History, Oxford University and Lector at the Anglo-American College in Prague.
Zbynek Zeman is Professor Emeritus in European History, Oxford University and Lector at the Anglo-American College in Prague.
Content
List of Tables Preface Part 1: Unparalleled Power Part 2: The Erzgebirge Region Part 3: The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium Part 4: Wismut AG: a State Within a State Concluding Remarks Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Archives Bibliography Name Index