Mining the Grand Canyon to Save It
The Orphan Lode Uranium Mine and National Security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3555299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Amundson (Northern Arizona University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3650738 |
| OpenAlex | W2334480062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
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
Archaeology · Canyon · Cartography · Geography · Library science · Lode · Political science · Swietenia macrophylla · Uranium · Uranium mining · American Environmental and Regional History · Computer Science · Forestry · Geology · History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2016 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |