Cold War Dixie Militarization and Modernization in the American South

Name: Cold War Dixie Militarization and Modernization in the American South
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ISBN: 9780820345208

ISBN-10: 0820345202

ISBN-13: 9780820345208

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kari Frederickson, Jane Dailey

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Focusing 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, landscape, social relations, and politics of this corner of the South. In 1950, the area comprising…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 6/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



"This Most Essential Task": The Decision to Build the Super



A Varied Landscape: Geography and Culture in the Savannah River Valley



"A Land Doomed and Damned": The Costs of Militarization



"Bigger'n Any Lie": Building the Bomb Plant



Rejecting the Garrison State: National Priorities and Local Limitations



"Better Living": Life in a Cold War Company Town



Shifting Landscapes: Politics and Race in a Cold War Community


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index