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Ice and Snow in the Cold War : Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Environment in History: International Perspectives SeriesPublisher: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785339875
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ice and Snow in the Cold WarDDC classification:
  • 998
LOC classification:
  • G593 .I24 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Ice and Snow in the Cold War -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introductions -- Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War -- Cryo-history: Ice, Snow, and the Great Acceleration -- Part I - Science: Sites of Knowledge -- Chapter 1 - Snow and Avalanche Research as Patriotic Duty? -- Chapter 2 - "An Orgy of Hypothesizing" -- Chapter 3 - "Camp Century" and "Project Iceworm" -- Chapter 4 - Inuit Responses to Arctic Militarization -- Part II - Politics of Confrontation and Cooperation -- Chapter 5 - Creating Open Territorial Rights in Cold and Icy Places -- Chapter 6 - An Environment Too Extreme? -- Chapter 7 - Managing the "White Death" in Cold War Soviet Union -- Part III - Cultures and Narratives of Ice and Snow -- Chapter 8 - Laboratory Metaphors in Antarctic History -- Chapter 9 - Cold War Creatures -- Chapter 10 - Negotiating "Coldness" -- Chapter 11 - An Exploration of the Self -- Conclusion - Histories of Extreme Environments beyond the Cold War -- Index.
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Intro -- Ice and Snow in the Cold War -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introductions -- Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War -- Cryo-history: Ice, Snow, and the Great Acceleration -- Part I - Science: Sites of Knowledge -- Chapter 1 - Snow and Avalanche Research as Patriotic Duty? -- Chapter 2 - "An Orgy of Hypothesizing" -- Chapter 3 - "Camp Century" and "Project Iceworm" -- Chapter 4 - Inuit Responses to Arctic Militarization -- Part II - Politics of Confrontation and Cooperation -- Chapter 5 - Creating Open Territorial Rights in Cold and Icy Places -- Chapter 6 - An Environment Too Extreme? -- Chapter 7 - Managing the "White Death" in Cold War Soviet Union -- Part III - Cultures and Narratives of Ice and Snow -- Chapter 8 - Laboratory Metaphors in Antarctic History -- Chapter 9 - Cold War Creatures -- Chapter 10 - Negotiating "Coldness" -- Chapter 11 - An Exploration of the Self -- Conclusion - Histories of Extreme Environments beyond the Cold War -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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