Fallout shelter [electronic resource] : designing for civil defense in the Cold War / David Monteyne.
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TextSeries: Architecture, landscape, and American culture seriesPublication details: Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.Description: xxi, 348 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)Other title: - Designing for civil defense in the Cold War
- Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Architecture and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Architects in government -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Fallout shelters -- Social aspects -- United States
- Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States
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- NA2543.S6 M66 2011
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Hypothetical Hiroshimas : city, suburb, and shelter in 1950s civil defense -- Surveying the Cold War landscape : the national fallout shelter program fallout protection -- Sheltering communities : city and social planning for civil defense -- Design intellectuals : professional architects and civil defense -- Performing architectural expertise : designs for fallout shelter fallout shelter design -- Cold War constructions : fallout shelter in new buildings -- Bunker architecture for the Cold War : Boston City Hall -- Epilogue.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.