Soviet Nuclear Archipelago

A Historical Geography of Atomic-Powered Communism

AvPer Högselius,Achim Klüppelberg

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

The war in Ukraine, with the exposure of nuclear power stations and the danger of atomic warfare, has made the legacy of the Soviet nuclear sector of critical importance.The two authors map the Soviet nuclear industry in a shifting historical context, making sense of a complex socio-technical and environmental history. Taking an innovative approach, this book explores the history of atomic power in the former Soviet Union using the spatial dimensions of the nuclear industry as a point of departure. The key concept is that of the archipelago – a network of nuclear facilities spread throughout the Soviet territory, but mutually reliant on each other and densely connected.The story traces the emergence of nuclear science and technology for military and civilian purposes through to the post-Soviet Russian nuclear corporations as providers of resources and technology. The book explains how nuclear developments in the Soviet Union interacted with processes of environmental and landscape change. The spatial lens offers an analytically fruitful and pedagogically stimulating way to comprehend the nuclear histories of the Soviet Union and its successor states.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-20
Mått:128 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt:227 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:CEU Press Perspectives
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9789633866474

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Achim Klüppelberg is a doctoral candidate in History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He holds a BA in History and Political Science (2013) and an MA in Eastern European History (2016), both from the University of Göttingen, Germany. His studies also included a longer stay at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU). His doctoral project focuses on the on the nuclear history of the Soviet Union and its successor states. He is a member of the German Society of Historians and the Society of Historians for Eastern Europe.Per Högselius is Professor of History of Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He holds a MSc in Engineering Physics, a PhD in Innovation Studies and a Docent (Habilitation) degree in History of Science and Technology. He specializes in transnational studies of energy and infrastructures in historical perspective, with a particular emphasis on East-West relations.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2. Cultural Preparation3. Bomb Geographies4. Incepting Peaceful Atoms5. The First Boom Phase6. Winning New Territories7. Evolving Macro-Entanglements8. The Second Boom Phase9. Towards Energy Complexes10. Macro-Entanglements during the Second Boom Phase11. The Post-Chernobyl Stagnation – and the Third Boom Phase12. ConclusionAcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex