Name: Cold War Cities: Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism, 1945-1965
ISBN: 9780203701478

Cold War Cities: Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism, 1945-1965

Richard Brook

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Cold War Cities: Spatial Planning, Social And Political Processes, And Cultural Practices In The Age Of Atomic Urbanism, 1945-1965 / Richard Brook, Martin Dodge And Jonathan Hogg -- Part I. Planning The Cold War City -- Properties Of Science: How Industrial Research And The Suburbs Reshaped Each Other In Cold-war Pittsburgh / Patrick Vitale -- The City Of Bristol: Ground Zero In The Making / Bob Clarke -- Towards A Prosperous Future Through Cold War Planning: Stalinist Urban Design In The Industrial Towns Of Sillamäe And Kohtla-järve, Estonia / Siim Sultson -- Nuclear Anxiety In Postwar Japan's City Of The Future / Sebastian Schmidt -- Visual Essay: Urbanism Of Fear: A Tale Of Two Chinese Cold War Cities / Tong Lam -- Part Ii. Building The Cold War City. The Warsaw Metro And The Warsaw Pact: From Deep Cover To Cut-and-cover / Alex Lawrey -- Competing Militarisation And Urban Development During The Cold War: How A Soviet Air Base Came To Dominate Tartu, Estonia / Daniel Baldwin Hess And Taavi Pae -- In-between The East And The West: Architecture And Urban Planning In 'non-aligned' Skopje / Jasna Mariotti -- Atomic Urbanism Under Greenland's Ice Cap: Camp Century And Cold War Architectural Imagination / Kristian H. Nielsen -- Visual Essay: Welfare Or Warfare? Civil Defence In Danish Urban Welfare Architecture / Rosanna Farbøl -- Part Iii. Culture And Politics In The Cold War City. Urban Space, Public Protest, And Nuclear Weapons In Early Cold War Sydney / Kyle Harvey -- In The Middle Of The Atomic Arena: Visible And Invisible Nato Sites In Verona During The Fifties / Michela Morgante -- Conceiving The Atomic Bomb Threat Between West And East: Mobilisation, Representation And Perception Against The A-bomb In 1950s Red Bologna / Eloisa Betti -- Making A 'free World' City: Urban Space And Social Order In Cold War Bangkok / Matthew Phillips -- Visual Essay: Cold War Telecommunication And Urban Vulnerability: Underground Exchange And Microwave Tower In Manchester / Marti

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THE THESIS

This volume investigates how the existential threat of nuclear warfare and the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War fundamentally reshaped urban development, architectural design, and social life between 1945 and 1965. The authors, including historians and urban scholars, compile a series of case studies that examine how cities across the globe—from Pittsburgh to Bangkok—were transformed by the dual pressures of civil defense requirements and ideological competition. By analyzing both the physical infrastructure of these cities and the cultural perceptions of atomic anxiety, the text argues that the urban environment became a primary site for the manifestation of Cold War power dynamics.

THE SCOPE MAP

What You Will Find

Comparative analysis of urban planning strategies in both Western and Soviet-aligned nations.
Examination of specific infrastructure projects, including deep-cover metro systems, air bases, and telecommunication hubs.
Integration of visual essays documenting the architectural manifestations of fear and civil defense.
Case studies covering diverse geographic locations such as Estonia, Japan, Greenland, Australia, and Italy.

THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE

Experts identify this collection as a significant contribution to the study of 'atomic urbanism,' providing a necessary global perspective on how nuclear anxiety dictated city growth. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which makes it a valuable resource for scholars of architectural history and political geography.

Page Count:
360

Publication Date:
2020-01-01

Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group

ISBN-10:
020370147X

ISBN-13:
9780203701478

History

Architecture

Social Aspects

Aspect social

Influence

Cold War

Social Science