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Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael a. AmundsonSeries:Mining the American WestPublish date:2004-02-25Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of ColoradoISBN-13:9780870817656ISBN-10:870817655UPC:9780870817656Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Modern, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.04 x 6.08 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCSQARTYV6
Michael Amundson presents a detailed analysis of the four mining communities at the hub of the twentieth-century uranium booms: Moab, Utah; Grants, New Mexico; Uravan, Colorado; and Jeffrey City, Wyoming. He follows the ups and downs of these "Yellowcake Towns" from uranium's origins as the crucial element in atomic bombs and the 1950s boom to its use in nuclear power plants, the Three Mile Island accident, and the 1980s bust. Yellowcake Towns provides a look at the supply side of the Atomic Age and serves as an important contribution to the growing bibliography of atomic history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of ColoradoISBN-13:9780870817656ISBN-10:870817655UPC:9780870817656Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Modern, Social HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.04 x 6.08 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCSQARTYV6
Michael A. Amundson is a professor of history at Northern Arizona University, the author of Yellowcake Towns, and the co-editor of Atomic Culture.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado

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