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Uranium Matters: Central European Uranium in International Politics, 1900-1960
Rainer Karlsch
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Description for Uranium Matters: Central European Uranium in International Politics, 1900-1960
Hardcover. Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies. This book contains an introduction that discusses the silver-mining industries in the Erzgebirge region and outlines the fate of this region, including the various political pressures and medical problems its inhabitants came under. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge – the Ore Mountains – on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb.
Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge – the Ore Mountains – on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb.
Product Details
Publisher
Central European University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
601g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN
9789639776005
SKU
V9789639776005
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Ref
99-1
About Rainer Karlsch
Rainer Karlsch teaches Economic History at Humboldt University as well as at the Free University, Berlin. Zbynek Zeman is Professor Emeritus in European History, Oxford University and Lector at the Anglo-American College in Prague.
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