Fallout shelter : designing for civil defense in the Cold War / David Monteyne.

Main entry:

Monteyne, David.

Title & Author:

Fallout shelter : designing for civil defense in the Cold War / David Monteyne.

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Description:

xxi, 348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Notes:
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.
This publication was facilitated by the CCA Study Centre Visiting Scholars Program.
CCA mentioned in acknowledgements.

ISBN:

9780816669752 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0816669759 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780816669769 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0816669767 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

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.
Architecture et société États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architectes de la fonction publique États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Abris antiretombées Aspect social États-Unis.
Guerre froide Aspect social États-Unis.
Architects in government.
Architecture and society.
Architecture and state.
Social aspects.
Schutzraumbau
United States.
USA

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History.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture. Centre d'étude
Centre canadien d'architecture
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Designing for civil defense in the Cold War

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Location: Library main 272474
Call No.: BIB 205800
Status: Available

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