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Yellowcake Towns : Uranium Mining Communities in the American West.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mining the American West SeriesPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780870817137
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Yellowcake TownsDDC classification:
  • 338.4/762234932/0978
LOC classification:
  • TN490
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Weed to Weapon: U.S. Uranium, 1898-1945 -- 2. To Stimulate Production and in Interest of Security: The First Cold War Uranium Boom, 1946-1958 -- 3. Uranium Company Towns in the American West -- 4. The Uranium Capital of the World I: Moab -- 5. The Uranium Capital of the World II: Grants -- 6. Allocation, Protectionism, and Subsistence: Changing Federal Policies to Preserve Domestic Producers, 1958-1970 -- 7. Creatures of Uncle Sam: Yellowcake Communities During the Allocation and Stretch-out Periods -- 8. The Commercial Boom and Bust: Federal Policies and the Free Market, 1970-1988 -- 9. Yellowcake Towns During the Commercial Boom and Bust, 1970-1988 -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Weed to Weapon: U.S. Uranium, 1898-1945 -- 2. To Stimulate Production and in Interest of Security: The First Cold War Uranium Boom, 1946-1958 -- 3. Uranium Company Towns in the American West -- 4. The Uranium Capital of the World I: Moab -- 5. The Uranium Capital of the World II: Grants -- 6. Allocation, Protectionism, and Subsistence: Changing Federal Policies to Preserve Domestic Producers, 1958-1970 -- 7. Creatures of Uncle Sam: Yellowcake Communities During the Allocation and Stretch-out Periods -- 8. The Commercial Boom and Bust: Federal Policies and the Free Market, 1970-1988 -- 9. Yellowcake Towns During the Commercial Boom and Bust, 1970-1988 -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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