ISBN:
0803255624
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1306785111
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9780803255623
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9781306785112
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Edgington, Ryan H Range wars
DDC:
304.209789/6
Keywords:
Land use Environmental aspects
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History
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Land use Political aspects
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History
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Social conflict History
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Nuclear weapons Testing
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Environmental aspects
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History
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Landscape protection History
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Environmental policy History
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Militarism Environmental aspects
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History
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Environmental policy
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Land use ; Environmental aspects
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Land use ; Political aspects
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Landscape protection
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Militarism ; Environmental aspects
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Military policy
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Nuclear weapons ; Testing ; Environmental aspects
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Social conflict
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HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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NATURE ; Ecosystems & Habitats ; Plains & Prairies
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Ecology
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History
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White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) Environmental conditions
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White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) History
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United States Military policy
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New Mexico ; White Sands Missile Range
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United States
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West United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Established in south-central New Mexico at the end of World War II, White Sands Missile Range is the largest overland military reserve in the western hemisphere. It was the site of the first nuclear explosion, the birthplace of the American space program, and the primary site for testing U.S. missile capabilities. In this environmental history of White Sands Missile Range, Ryan H. Edgington traces the uneasy relationships between the military, the federal government, local ranchers, environmentalists, state game and fish personnel, biologists and ecologists, state and federal political figures, hunters, and tourists after World War II--as they all struggled to define and productively use the militarized western landscape. Environmentalists, ranchers, tourists, and other groups joined together to transform the meaning and uses of this region, challenging the authority of the national security state to dictate the environmental and cultural value of a rural American landscape. As a result, White Sands became a locus of competing geographies informed not only by the far-reaching intellectual, economic, and environmental changes wrought by the Cold War but also by regional history, culture, and traditions"--
Abstract:
Seeds of Discontent -- Atomic Attractions -- Boundaries -- A Consumer's Landscape -- Range Wars -- Natural Security States.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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