1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461624203321

Autore

Van Wyck Peter C

Titolo

The highway of the atom [[electronic resource] /] / Peter C. van Wyck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-53020-1

9786613842657

0-7735-8087-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

622/.34932097193

Soggetti

Uranium mines and mining - Northwest Territories - Port Radium - History

Atomic bomb - History

Chipewyan Indians - Northwest Territories - Great Bear Lake - Social conditions

Nuclear industry - Canada - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada's involvement in the Manhattan project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents. [This book] overcomes these restrictions in an innovative and unconventional history that assembles a narrative from fragments -- interviews, indigenous stories, archives, and physical remains -- while questioning whether it is possible to grasp the past by sifting through what remains. Uncovering the story of the radioactive ore's route from mine to weapon of mass destruction, Peter van Wyck considers the legacy of this history for the Dene community and inquires into trauma, landscape, disaster, and memory. ... weaves together crucial missing pieces about the beginning of the Atomic Age in startling and unexpected ways."--Book jacket.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391345703316

Autore

Machiavelli Niccolò <1469-1527.>

Titolo

The Florentine historie. Written in the Italian tongue, by Nicholo Macchiavelli, citizen and secretarie of Florence. And translated into English, by T.B. Esquire [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1595

Descrizione fisica

[12], 222, [2] p

Altri autori (Persone)

BedingfieldThomas <d. 1613.>

Soggetti

Florence (Italy) History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A translation of: Istorie fiorentine.

Translator's dedication signed: Thomas Bedingfeld.

Printer's and publisher's names from colophon.

Running title reads: The historie of Florence.

The last leaf is blank.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113