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Fallout shelter

by Monteyne, David.

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Series: Architecture, landscape, and American culture series Published by : University of Minnesota Press, (Minneapolis [Minn.] :) Physical details: xxi, 348 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).

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 States. | Electronic books.

Year: 2011

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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, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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