Atomic frontier days Hanford and the American West /
On the banks of the Pacific Northwest's greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square mile compound on the Columbia in eastern Washington is known both for its origins as part of the M...
Main Author: | Findlay, John M., 1955- |
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Other Authors: | Hevly, Bruce William. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Seattle :
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press,
[2011]
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Physical Description: |
xv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Series: |
Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.
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Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Plutonium, production, and pollution : Hanford's career as federal enclave
- The atomic city of the West : Richland and the Tri-Cities
- The politics of Hanford : warfare and welfare
- Hanford and the Columbia River Basin : economy and ecology.