LEADER 02816nam 2200589 450 001 9910828127503321 005 20230126220722.0 010 $a1-5036-0779-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503607798 035 $a(CKB)4100000007188253 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5607702 035 $a(DE-B1597)564712 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503607798 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930138 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007188253 100 $a20190108d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThis atom bomb in me /$fLindsey A. Freeman 210 1$aStanford, California :$cRedwood Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (131 pages) 311 $a1-5036-0689-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTHIS ATOM BOMB IN ME 330 $aThis Atom Bomb in Me traces what it felt like to grow up suffused with American nuclear culture in and around the atomic city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As a secret city during the Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge enriched the uranium that powered Little Boy, the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The city was a major nuclear production site throughout the Cold War, adding something to each and every bomb in the United States arsenal. Even today, Oak Ridge contains the world's largest supply of fissionable uranium. The granddaughter of an atomic courier, Lindsey A. Freeman turns a critical yet nostalgic eye to the place where her family was sent as part of a covert government plan. Theirs was a city devoted to nuclear science within a larger America obsessed with its nuclear prowess. Through memories, mysterious photographs, and uncanny childhood toys, she shows how Reagan-era politics and nuclear culture irradiated the late twentieth century. Alternately tender and alarming, her book takes a Geiger counter to recent history, reading the half-life of the atomic past as it resonates in our tense nuclear present. 606 $aNuclear weapons industry$zTennessee$zOak Ridge$xHistory$vAnecdotes 607 $aOak Ridge (Tenn.)$vBiography$vAnecdotes 607 $aOak Ridge (Tenn.)$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes 610 $a1980s. 610 $aCold War. 610 $aOak Ridge. 610 $aTennessee. 610 $aatomic. 610 $amemory. 610 $anostalgia. 610 $anuclear. 610 $asecrecy. 610 $atwentieth century. 615 0$aNuclear weapons industry$xHistory 676 $a976.8/73 700 $aFreeman$b Lindsey A.$01126671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828127503321 996 $aThis atom bomb in me$93919505 997 $aUNINA