Michael A Amundson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1067504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Amundson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Amundson |
| SIGNATURE | AMUNDSON M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Arizona University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country. By Traci Brynne Voyles
The history of Southwest uranium mining, and on the Navajo Reservation specifically, has been told several times over the last few decades. Beginning with radium mines on the Colorado Plateau at the end of the nineteenth century, private mining ventures expanded to uranium and vanadium deposits in the early twentieth century before the top-secret Manhattan Project reorganized the industry for national security during World War II. In the years of…
Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Eight scholars examine the range of cultural expressions of atomic energy from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century, including comic books, nuclear landscapes, mushroom-cloud postcards, the Los Alamos suburbs, uranium-themed board games, future atomic waste facilities, and atomic-themed films such as Dr. Strangelove' and The Kid'. Despite the growing interest in atomic culture and history, the body of relevant scholarship is relatively spa…
After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns
Journal Article After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns Get access After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns. By Clements Eric L.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003. xv + 389 pp. Illustrations, maps, table, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West
Journal Article Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West Get access Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West. By Amundson Michael A.. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2002. xxiv + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Art Gómez Art Gómez National Park Service, Santa Fe Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quar…
River Flowing from the Sunrise: An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan
The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from scientific explorers to busted miners, the San Juan has attracted more attention and fueled more hopes than such a remote, unpromising, and muddy stream wo…
Smoke Wars: Anaconda Copper, Montana Air Pollution, and the Courts, 1890-1924
As the current debate g rows between energ y development and environmental protection, Donald MacMillan's study of Butte in Progressive Era Montana serves as an important lesson on the relationships between industry, environment, and government. First written as a dissertation on the eve of the 1970s energy crisis that broug ht a new wave of industrial growth and pollution to the state, Smoke Wars was edited following the author's 1996 death and …
Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona
Book Review| October 01 2001 Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona. Geta LeSeur. Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2001) 75 (4): 513–514. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-75.4.513 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Michael …
Mining the Grand Canyon to Save It: The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine and National Security
The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine, on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, offers a case study of the changing definition of national security in the Cold War American West. At the nexus of changing environmental, economic, energy, and national defense values, the mines history complicates current views on nuclearism, interregional colonialism, and resource exploitation in national parks
The Altered Landscape
Journal Article The Altered Landscape Get access The Altered Landscape. Edited by Pool Peter E., essays by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Dave Hickey, and Thomas W. Southall. (Reno: Nevada Museum of Art/University of Nevada Press, 1999. xxi + 143 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies. $49.95.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historic…
Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination
Journal Article Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination Get access Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination. By Shindo Charles J.. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. xv + 252 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 3, Autum…
Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine
Journal Article Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine Get access Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine. By Voynick Stephen M.. (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 1996. ix + 366 pp. Illustrations, maps, index. $20.00, paper.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Mesa State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 3…
Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957-1988
Journal Article Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957–1988 Get access Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson visiting instructor, doctoral candidate Idaho State University at Pocatello and University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The author wishes to thank Frederick Luebke, John Wunder, Ken Winkle, Merwin Swanson, Ron Hatzenbeuhler, John Findlay, and Marilyn Grant for their suggestions and comments on earlie…
Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957-1988
Journal Article Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957–1988 Get access Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson visiting instructor, doctoral candidate Idaho State University at Pocatello and University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The author wishes to thank Frederick Luebke, John Wunder, Ken Winkle, Merwin Swanson, Ron Hatzenbeuhler, John Findlay, and Marilyn Grant for their suggestions and comments on earlie…
Mining the Grand Canyon to Save It: The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine and National Security
The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine, on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, offers a case study of the changing definition of national security in the Cold War American West. At the nexus of changing environmental, economic, energy, and national defense values, the mines history complicates current views on nuclearism, interregional colonialism, and resource exploitation in national parks
Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957-1988
Journal Article Home on the Range No More: The Boom and Bust of a Wyoming Uranium Mining Town, 1957–1988 Get access Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson visiting instructor, doctoral candidate Idaho State University at Pocatello and University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The author wishes to thank Frederick Luebke, John Wunder, Ken Winkle, Merwin Swanson, Ron Hatzenbeuhler, John Findlay, and Marilyn Grant for their suggestions and comments on earlie…
Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine
Journal Article Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine Get access Climax: The History of Colorado's Climax Molybdenum Mine. By Voynick Stephen M.. (Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing, 1996. ix + 366 pp. Illustrations, maps, index. $20.00, paper.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Mesa State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 3…
Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination
Journal Article Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination Get access Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination. By Shindo Charles J.. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. xv + 252 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 3, Autum…
The Altered Landscape
Journal Article The Altered Landscape Get access The Altered Landscape. Edited by Pool Peter E., essays by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Dave Hickey, and Thomas W. Southall. (Reno: Nevada Museum of Art/University of Nevada Press, 1999. xxi + 143 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographies. $49.95.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historic…
Smoke Wars: Anaconda Copper, Montana Air Pollution, and the Courts, 1890-1924
As the current debate g rows between energ y development and environmental protection, Donald MacMillan's study of Butte in Progressive Era Montana serves as an important lesson on the relationships between industry, environment, and government. First written as a dissertation on the eve of the 1970s energy crisis that broug ht a new wave of industrial growth and pollution to the state, Smoke Wars was edited following the author's 1996 death and …
Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona
Book Review| October 01 2001 Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona. Geta LeSeur. Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2001) 75 (4): 513–514. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-75.4.513 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Michael …
Mining the Grand Canyon to Save It: The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine and National Security
The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine, on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, offers a case study of the changing definition of national security in the Cold War American West. At the nexus of changing environmental, economic, energy, and national defense values, the mines history complicates current views on nuclearism, interregional colonialism, and resource exploitation in national parks
River Flowing from the Sunrise: An Environmental History of the Lower San Juan
The authors recount twelve millennia of history along the lower San Juan River, much of it the story of mostly unsuccessful human attempts to make a living from the river's arid and fickle environment. From the Anasazi to government dam builders, from Navajo to Mormon herders and farmers, from scientific explorers to busted miners, the San Juan has attracted more attention and fueled more hopes than such a remote, unpromising, and muddy stream wo…
Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West
Journal Article Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West Get access Yellowcake Towns: Uranium Mining Communities in the American West. By Amundson Michael A.. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2002. xxiv + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Art Gómez Art Gómez National Park Service, Santa Fe Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quar…
After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns
Journal Article After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns Get access After the Boom in Tombstone and Jerome, Arizona: Decline in Western Resource Towns. By Clements Eric L.. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003. xv + 389 pp. Illustrations, maps, table, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.) Michael A. Amundson Michael A. Amundson Northern Arizona University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford…
Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Eight scholars examine the range of cultural expressions of atomic energy from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century, including comic books, nuclear landscapes, mushroom-cloud postcards, the Los Alamos suburbs, uranium-themed board games, future atomic waste facilities, and atomic-themed films such as Dr. Strangelove' and The Kid'. Despite the growing interest in atomic culture and history, the body of relevant scholarship is relatively spa…
Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country. By Traci Brynne Voyles
The history of Southwest uranium mining, and on the Navajo Reservation specifically, has been told several times over the last few decades. Beginning with radium mines on the Colorado Plateau at the end of the nineteenth century, private mining ventures expanded to uranium and vanadium deposits in the early twentieth century before the top-secret Manhattan Project reorganized the industry for national security during World War II. In the years of…
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