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Ice and snow in the Cold War : histories of extreme climatic environments / / edited by Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, and Franziska Torma
| Ice and snow in the Cold War : histories of extreme climatic environments / / edited by Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, and Franziska Torma |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Disciplina | 919.8 |
| Collana | The environment in history: international perspectives |
| Soggetto topico | Cold War - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato | Cold War, Environmental Science, Geo-Politics |
| ISBN | 1-78533-987-7 |
| Classificazione | MK 2300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Exploring ice and snow in the Cold War / Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, Franziska Torma -- Cryo-history: ice, snow, and the great acceleration / Sverker Sörlin -- Snow and avalanche research as patriotic duty: the institutionalization of a scientific discipline in Switzerland / Dania Achermann -- "An orgy of hypothesizing": the construction of glaciological knowledge in Cold War America / Janet Martin-Nielsen -- "Camp Century" and "Project Iceworm": Greenland as a stage for US military service rivalries / Ingo Heidbrink -- Inuit responses to Arctic militarization: examples from Greenland / Sophie Elixhauser -- Creating open territorial rights in cold and icy places: Cold War rivalries and the Antarctic and outer space treaties / Roger D. Launius -- An environment too extreme: the case of Bouvetøya / Peder Roberts, Lize-Marie van der Watt -- Managing the "white death" in Cold War Soviet Union: snow avalanches, ice science, and winter sports in Kazakhstan, 1960s-1980s / Marc Elie -- Laboratory metaphors in Antarctic history: from nature to space / Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl -- Cold War creatures: Soviet science and the problem of the abominable snowman / Carolin F. Roeder, Gregory Afinogenov -- Negotiating "coldness": the natural environment, the bonus of the far north, and community cohesion in Brezhnev era Severodvinsk / Ekaterina Emeliantseva Koller -- An exploration of the self: Reinhold Messner's transantarctic expedition of 1989 / Pascal Schillings. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793119203321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ice and snow in the Cold War : histories of extreme climatic environments / / edited by Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, and Franziska Torma
| Ice and snow in the Cold War : histories of extreme climatic environments / / edited by Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, and Franziska Torma |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Disciplina | 919.8 |
| Collana | The environment in history: international perspectives |
| Soggetto topico | Cold War - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato | Cold War, Environmental Science, Geo-Politics |
| ISBN | 1-78533-987-7 |
| Classificazione | MK 2300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Exploring ice and snow in the Cold War / Julia Herzberg, Christian Kehrt, Franziska Torma -- Cryo-history: ice, snow, and the great acceleration / Sverker Sörlin -- Snow and avalanche research as patriotic duty: the institutionalization of a scientific discipline in Switzerland / Dania Achermann -- "An orgy of hypothesizing": the construction of glaciological knowledge in Cold War America / Janet Martin-Nielsen -- "Camp Century" and "Project Iceworm": Greenland as a stage for US military service rivalries / Ingo Heidbrink -- Inuit responses to Arctic militarization: examples from Greenland / Sophie Elixhauser -- Creating open territorial rights in cold and icy places: Cold War rivalries and the Antarctic and outer space treaties / Roger D. Launius -- An environment too extreme: the case of Bouvetøya / Peder Roberts, Lize-Marie van der Watt -- Managing the "white death" in Cold War Soviet Union: snow avalanches, ice science, and winter sports in Kazakhstan, 1960s-1980s / Marc Elie -- Laboratory metaphors in Antarctic history: from nature to space / Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl -- Cold War creatures: Soviet science and the problem of the abominable snowman / Carolin F. Roeder, Gregory Afinogenov -- Negotiating "coldness": the natural environment, the bonus of the far north, and community cohesion in Brezhnev era Severodvinsk / Ekaterina Emeliantseva Koller -- An exploration of the self: Reinhold Messner's transantarctic expedition of 1989 / Pascal Schillings. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816962703321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
| In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang |
| Autore | Wang Zuoyue <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.973/0609045 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites Cold War |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-77645-9
9786611776459 0-8135-4514-5 |
| Classificazione | MK 2300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453571703321 |
Wang Zuoyue <1963->
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
| In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang |
| Autore | Wang Zuoyue <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.973/0609045 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites Cold War |
| ISBN |
1-281-77645-9
9786611776459 0-8135-4514-5 |
| Classificazione | MK 2300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782369303321 |
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Wang Zuoyue <1963->
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang
| In Sputnik's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America / / Zuoyue Wang |
| Autore | Wang Zuoyue <1963-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.973/0609045 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science and state - United States - History - 20th century
Sputnik satellites Cold War |
| ISBN |
1-281-77645-9
9786611776459 0-8135-4514-5 |
| Classificazione | MK 2300 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- Part I. Prelude: Before Sputnik -- 1. American Public Science, 1863-1945 -- 2. The Origins of Technological Skepticism, 1945-1950 -- 3. Mobilizing Science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- 4. Science and the National Security State under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Part II. Ike, Sputnik, and the Rise of PSAC -- 5. Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of PSAC, 1957 -- 6. PSAC and the Launching of NASA, 1957-1960 -- 7. Military Technology, 1957-1960 -- 8. The Search for a Nuclear Test Ban, 1957-1960 -- 9. The Politics of Big Science, 1957-1960 -- 10. The Control of Science Policy under Eisenhower, 1957-1960 -- Part III. The Politics of Technological Skepticism -- 11. Science at the New Frontier under Kennedy, 1960-1963 -- 12. Responding to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, 1962-1963 -- 13. Testing the Limits, 1961-1963 -- 14. "Scientists for Johnson," 1964 -- 15. PSAC, the Vietnam War, and the ABM Debate, 1964-1968 -- 16. The Politics of Technological Dissent under Nixon, 1969-1973 -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819567903321 |
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Wang Zuoyue <1963->
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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