Fallout shelter [electronic resource] : designing for civil defense in the Cold War / David Monteyne.
By: Monteyne, David
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Architecture, landscape, and American culture series. Publisher: Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011Description: xxi, 348 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).Other title: Designing for civil defense in the Cold War.Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 725/.9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.