Jim Crow, Civil Defense, and the Hydrogen Bomb : Race, Evacuation Planning, and the Geopolitics of Fear in 1950s Savannah, Georgia
In 1950, in the beginning phases of the Cold War, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Civil Defense Act with the goal of protecting civilian populations in case of nuclear conflict. By the mid-1950s civil defense officials were busy developing detailed mass evacuation plans for American cities seen...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Southeastern Geographer. - Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. - 51(2011), 4, Seite 578-595 |
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2011
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Southeastern Geographer |
| Schlagworte: | Race Evacuation planning Cold War Geopolitics of Fear American South Political science Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Social sciences |
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