Nuclear Rites: Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War - Tapa blanda

Gusterson, Hugh

 
9780520213739: Nuclear Rites: Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War
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ISBN 10: 0520213734 ISBN 13: 9780520213739
Editorial: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR, 1996

Sinopsis

Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, this book takes the reader inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear weapons lab. Exploring the scientists' world of dark humor, ritualized secrecy, and disciplined emotions, it uncovers the beliefs and values that animate their work.

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Acerca del autor

Hugh Gusterson is a Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at the George Washington University. He is the author of The Insecure American and coeditor of Why America's Top Pundits Are Wrong, both from UC Press.

De la contraportada

"An extremely important work. . . . It demonstrates the power that ethnographic analysis can have when directed at an examination of our own society's central nervous system."—Faye Ginsburg, author of Contested Lives

"Essential reading for anyone trying to understand what Cold War science was in all its cultural aspects and what this same science now in transformation might yet be."—George E. Marcus, co-editor of The Traffic in Culture

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"An extremely important work. . . . It demonstrates the power that ethnographic analysis can have when directed at an examination of our own society's central nervous system."—Faye Ginsburg, author of Contested Lives

"Essential reading for anyone trying to understand what Cold War science was in all its cultural aspects and what this same science now in transformation might yet be."—George E. Marcus, co-editor of The Traffic in Culture

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Editorial
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0520213734
ISBN 13 
9780520213739
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
392
Contacto del fabricante
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9780520081475: Nuclear Rites: A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War

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ISBN 10:  0520081471 ISBN 13:  9780520081475
Editorial: University of California Press, 1996
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