The Atomic West

(Part of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography Series)

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The Manhattan Project--the World War II race to produce an atomic bomb--transformed the entire country in myriad ways, but it did not affect each region equally. Acting on an enduring perception of the American West as an "empty" place, the U.S. government located a disproportionate number of nuclear facilities--particularly the ones most likely to spread pollution--in western states. The Manhattan Project manufactured plutonium at Hanford, Washington;...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0295977167

ISBN13:9780295977164

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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