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Article: At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.(Book review)
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- September 22, 2006
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At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. By Russell B. Olwell. (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 165. $29.00.)
During World War II and the Cold War, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, played an essential role. Its large industrial complex processed uranium ore into a rare and toxic material used in both atomic weapons and nuclear energy production. The enriched uranium from Oak Ridge fueled the bomb that devastated Hiroshima and ended World War II. This book is a labor and social history of the instant city of Oak Ridge, which focuses on some of the 500,000 workers who ran this vast industrial complex and the ...