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Author Vitale, Patrick, author.

Title Nuclear suburbs : Cold War technoscience and the Pittsburgh Renaissance / Patrick Vitale
Published Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Introduction: Engineering the bubble -- Going critical : technoscience, the Cold War, and the Pittsburgh Renaissance -- Research and Renaissance : renewing the city for scientists -- The invention of research man -- The Monroeville doctrine : how the suburbs shaped Cold War science -- Finding a home in the nuclear suburbs -- Invisibilities of nuclear engineering -- Warplace/workplace : technoscientific jobs during the Cold War -- Epilogue: Did science save Pittsburgh?
Summary "From submarines to the suburbs-the remaking of Pittsburgh during the Cold War"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2021)
Subject Suburbs -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 20th century
Scientists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Social conditions
Nuclear engineers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Social conditions
Science -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Technology -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Cold War -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Cold War -- Economic aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Economics
Science -- Social aspects
Scientists -- Social conditions
Social aspects
Suburbs
Technology -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020054690
ISBN 9781452965659
145296565X
1452965641
9781452965642