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From Warfare to Welfare : Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801881466
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Warfare to WelfareDDC classification:
  • 307.76/0973/0904
LOC classification:
  • HT123.L45 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Planning for the Atomic Age: Creating a Community of Experts -- Part I / Command, Control, and Community -- 2 The City as a Communication System -- 3 Cybernetics and Urban Renewal -- Part II / Cities in the Space Age -- 4 Urban Intelligence Gathering -- 5 Moon-Shot Management for American Cities -- 6 Cable as a Cold War Technology -- 7 Wired Cities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index.
Summary: Tracing the transfer of innovations from military to city planning and management, Light reveals how a continuing source of inspiration for American city administrators lay in the nation's preparations for war.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Planning for the Atomic Age: Creating a Community of Experts -- Part I / Command, Control, and Community -- 2 The City as a Communication System -- 3 Cybernetics and Urban Renewal -- Part II / Cities in the Space Age -- 4 Urban Intelligence Gathering -- 5 Moon-Shot Management for American Cities -- 6 Cable as a Cold War Technology -- 7 Wired Cities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index.

Tracing the transfer of innovations from military to city planning and management, Light reveals how a continuing source of inspiration for American city administrators lay in the nation's preparations for war.

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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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