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2002

Format:	Book
Author:	Amundson, Michael A., 1965-
Title:	Yellowcake towns : uranium mining communities in the American West / Michael A. Amundson.
Publisher, Date:	Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2002.
Description:	xxiv, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:	Provides the first detailed analysis of the four mining and milling communities at the center of the twentieth-century uranium booms: Moab, Utah; Grants, New Mexico; Uravan, Colorado; and Jeffrey City, Wyoming.
Series:	Mining the American West Mining the American West.
Subjects:	Uranium mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents:	1. From weed to weapon -- 2. To stimulate production and in the interest of security -- 3. Uranium company towns in the American West -- 4. The uranium capital of the world I: Moab -- 5. The uranium capital of the world II: Grants -- 6. Allocation, protectionism, and subsistence -- 7. Creatures of Uncle Sam -- 8. The commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988 -- 9. Yellowcake towns during the commercial boom and bust, 1970-1988.
LCCN:	2001008027
ISBN:	0870816624 9780870816628 0870816624 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Other Number:	48661600
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Control Number:	804492
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Call Number:	338.4 Amundson

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