
The Nuclear Borderlands
The Manhattan Project in Post-Cold War New Mexico | New Edition
Joseph Masco(Author)
Princeton University Press
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 24. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-0-691-20217-4 (ISBN)
Description
An important investigation of the sociocultural fallout of America's work on the atomic bomb
In The Nuclear Borderlands, Joseph Masco offers an in-depth look at the long-term consequences of the Manhattan Project. Masco examines how diverse groups in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico understood and responded to the U.S. nuclear weapons project in the post-Cold War period. He shows that the American focus on potential nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War obscured the broader effects of the nuclear complex on society, and that the atomic bomb produced a new cognitive orientation toward daily life, reconfiguring concepts of time, nature, race, and citizenship. This updated edition includes a brand-new preface by the author discussing current developments in nuclear politics and the scientific impact of the nuclear age on the present epoch of a human-altered climate.
In The Nuclear Borderlands, Joseph Masco offers an in-depth look at the long-term consequences of the Manhattan Project. Masco examines how diverse groups in and around Los Alamos, New Mexico understood and responded to the U.S. nuclear weapons project in the post-Cold War period. He shows that the American focus on potential nuclear apocalypse during the Cold War obscured the broader effects of the nuclear complex on society, and that the atomic bomb produced a new cognitive orientation toward daily life, reconfiguring concepts of time, nature, race, and citizenship. This updated edition includes a brand-new preface by the author discussing current developments in nuclear politics and the scientific impact of the nuclear age on the present epoch of a human-altered climate.
Reviews / Votes
"Winner of the 2014 J.I. Staley Prize, School of Advanced Research" "Winner of the 2008 Rachel Carson Prize, Society for Social Studies of Science" "Co-Winner of the 2006 Robert K. Merton Prize, Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association" "Honorable Mention for the 2007 John G. Cawelti Award, American Culture Association"More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
75 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-20217-4 (9780691202174)
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E-Book
04/2020
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€36.49
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Person
Joseph Masco is professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Theater of Operations.