The government of emergency : vital systems, expertise, and the politics of security
Record details
- ISBN: 9780691199283
- ISBN: 9780691199276
- ISBN: 9780691228884
- ISBN: 0691228884
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations.
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Computer data. - Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.24 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | List of illustrations -- Preface : a vulnerable world -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : the new normalcy -- Part I. crisis government in the great depression and world war II -- Vital systems -- Emergency government -- Part II. demobilization and remobilization -- Vulnerability -- Preparedness -- Part III. cold war planning for national survival -- Enacting catastrophe -- Survival resources -- Epilogue : from nuclear war to climate change. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2021). |
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Genre: | History |