Ice and snow in the Cold War : histories of extreme climatic environments
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?...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York Oxford : Berghahn,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | The environment in history
volume 14 |
| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The environment in history |
| Schlagworte: | Cold War Polar regions Ost-West-Konflikt Polarforschung Polargebiete |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 322 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 322 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781785339875 1785339877 9781785339868 1785339869 |