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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51924188 Title: From warfare to welfare : defense intellectuals and urban problems in Cold War America Author: Jennifer S Light Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2003. ISBN/ISSN: 080187422X 9780801874222 OCLC:51924188

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From warfare to welfare : defense intellectuals and urban problems in Cold War America

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From warfare to welfare : defense intellectuals and urban problems in Cold War America

Author:	Jennifer S Light
Publisher:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2003.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Document Computer File : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Jennifer S. Light argues that the technologies and values of the cold war fundamentally shaped the history of postwar urban America. From Warfare to Welfare examines how American intellectuals, city leaders, and the federal government chose to attack problems in the nation's cities by borrowing techniques and technologies first designed for military engagement with foreign enemies. Facing threats like urban chaos, Read more...
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Subjects	Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Federal-city relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Technology and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Light, Jennifer S., 1971- From warfare to welfare. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2003 (OCoLC)607042901
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Computer File, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Jennifer S Light Find more information about:
ISBN:	080187422X 9780801874222
OCLC Number:	51924188
Description:	x, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:	Planning for the atomic age : creating a community of experts -- The city as a communication system -- Cybernetics and urban renewal -- Urban intelligence gathering -- Moon-shot management for American cities -- Cable as a Cold War technology -- Wired cities.
Responsibility:	Jennifer S. Light.
More information:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents

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Tracing the transfer of innovations from military to city planning and management, Light reveals how a continuing source of inspiration for American city administrators lay in the nation's Read more...

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An exceptionally useful contribution to the history of American cities, a book that takes seriously and does much to document the historical relationship between militarism and urban geography. -- Read more...

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