Author: Vanderbilt, Tom
Title: Survival City : Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America
Description: New York, Princeton Architectural Pres, 2002. orig. cloth. 23x15cm, 228 pp.. Minor rubbing. Binding corner bump. VG. ¶ Contents : Introduction: Looking for Dr. Strangelove : the Cold War as archaeology -- Dead city : the metropolis targeted -- Survival City : this is only a test -- The domestication of doomsday : new buildings for the perilous atomic age -- The underground city: the architecture of disappearance -- Twentieth-century castles : missile silos in the heartland -- The secret landscape : some Cold War traces -- Postscript: September 11, 2001. ["Traveling the interstate highways of the United States, journalist Vanderbilt examined the landscapes and buildings that arose in response to the nuclear realities of the Cold War and have since declined into neglect and ruin. He relates the story of his travels, reflecting on the nuclear history of Cold War America" - Publisher's description].

Keywords: Architectural History, United States, Cold War, American, Nuclear Weapons, Social History, Architecture, ,