Nuclear Rites A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War

Name: Nuclear Rites A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780520213739

ISBN-10: 0520213734

ISBN-13: 9780520213739

Edition: 1998

Authors: Hugh Gusterson

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Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory--the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile--Nuclear Ritestakes the reader deep inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear weapons lab. Exploring the scientists' world of dark humor, ritualized secrecy, and disciplined emotions, anthropologist Hugh Gusterson uncovers the beliefs and values that animate their work. He discovers that many of the scientists are Christians, deeply convinced of the morality of their work, and a number are liberals who opposed the Vietnam War and the Reagan-Bush agenda. Gusterson also examines the anti-nuclear movement, concluding that the scientists and…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/29/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English