| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 204 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Mining the American West |
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Mining the American West.
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| Contents |
1. From weed to weapon -- 2. To stimulate production and in the interest of security -- 3. Uranium company towns in the American West -- 4. The uranium capital of the world I: Moab -- 5. The uranium capital of the world II: Grants -- 6. Allocation, protectionism, and subsistence -- 7. Creatures of Uncle Sam -- 8. The commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988 -- 9. Yellowcake towns during the commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988 |
| Summary |
Michael Amundson presents a detailed analysis of the four mining communities at the hub of the twentieth-century uranium booms: Moab, Utah; Grants, New Mexico; Uravan, Colorado; and Jeffrey City, Wyoming. He follows the ups and downs of these "Yellowcake Towns" from uranium's origins as the crucial element in atomic bombs and the 1950s boom to its use in nuclear power plants, the Three Mile Island accident, and the 1980s bust. Yellowcake Towns provides a look at the supply side of the Atomic Age and serves as an important contribution to the growing bibliography of atomic history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Uranium mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Uranium mines and mining
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0870817132 |
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9780870817137 |
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1280501197 |
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9781280501197 |
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661050119X |
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9786610501199 |
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