LEADER 03138nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910822608303321 005 20240314002211.0 010 $a0-8203-4566-0 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060521 035 $a(EBL)1222474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000890847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11932432 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10888153 035 $a(PQKB)10514905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1222474 035 $a(OCoLC)849919737 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25497 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1222474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10712853 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL491880 035 $a(OCoLC)854973933 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060521 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCold war dixie$b[electronic resource] $emilitarization and modernization in the American south /$fKari Frederickson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 0 $aPolitics and culture in the twentieth-century south 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8203-4519-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. "This Most Essential Task": The Decision to Build the Super; Two. A Varied Landscape: Geography and Culture in the Savannah River Valley; Three. "A Land Doomed and Damned": The Costs of Militarization; Four. "Bigger'n Any Lie": Building the Bomb Plant; Five. Rejecting the Garrison State: National Priorities and Local Limitations; Six. "Better Living": Life in a Cold War Company Town; Seven. Shifting Landscapes: Politics and Race in a Cold War Community; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J 327 $aKL; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 330 $aFocusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 partnership between the Atomic Energy Commission and the DuPont Corporation and was dedicated to producing materials for the hydrogen bomb. Kari Frederickson shows how the needs of the expanding national security state, in combination with the corporate culture of DuPont, transformed the economy, lan 410 0$aPolitics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South 606 $aCold war$xSocial aspects$zSavannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.)$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aSavannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.)$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCold war$xSocial aspects$xHistory 676 $a975/.043 700 $aFrederickson$b Kari A$01161237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822608303321 996 $aCold war dixie$94009956 997 $aUNINA