Nuclear rites: a weapons laboratory at the end of the cold war
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0520213734
ISBN 13
9780520213739
Category
Publication Year
1996
Publisher
University of California Press, United States
Pages
351
Subject
Nuclear weapons--Research
Description
Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory—the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile—this work takes the reader deep inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear weapons lab. Exploring the scientists' world of dark humor, ritualized secrecy, and disciplined emotions, anthropologist Hugh Gusterson uncovers the beliefs and values that animate their work. Linking the emergence of the anti-nuclear movement to shifting gender roles and the development of postindustrial capitalism, Gusterson concludes that the scientists and protesters are alike in surprising ways, and that both cultures reflect the hopes and anxieties of an increasingly threatened middle class.--From Amazon
Number of Copies
1
