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In the 1950s two communities grew on Long Island. Small towns like Shirley committed to the blue-collar suburban ideal; and the Brookhaven National Laboratory dedicated to pure nuclear research. The two did not mix well. In time residents of Shirley had illness and death rates well above normal. The arrogant refusal of the Laboratory to investigate matters further riled passions. In the end the downfall of a small town signaled the poor state of communication about nuclear issues in small communities.
From his birth in 1858 to his death in 1919 the United States was engaged in an accelerated process of maturation. Settling its vast interior, welcoming hordes of new immigrants and rapidly urbanizing; the country was preparing for a 20th century role as a world power. Theodore Roosevelt's own maturation parallelled his country's. He raised his commitment to a muscular Chistianity and belief in righteousness to the level of a political philosophy. Eventually, his vision of the state as moral arbiter for the people became the theme of his progressivism.

Table of Contents:

• no. 857. The story of an atomic town / Kelly McMasters
• no. 858. An American mind / Joshua David Hawley.

Contributors:

McMasters, Kelly

Hawley, Josh

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Story of an atomic town [by McMasters, K.]

Subjects:

Working class — New York (State) — Shirley (Suffolk County) — Biography

Groundwater — Pollution — New York (State) — Shirley (Suffolk County) — History — 20th century

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Brookhaven National Laboratory — History — 20th century

Shirley (Suffolk County, N.Y.) — Biography

Shirley (Suffolk County, N.Y.) — Social life and customs — 20th century

Outdoor life

Conservation of natural resources — United States

United States — Politics and government — 1865-1933

United States — Territorial expansion

West (U.S.) — History

Brookhaven National Laboratory

1865-1999

Working class

Groundwater — Pollution

Manners and customs

Conservation of natural resources

Politics and government

Territorial expansion

Groundwater

United States

West United States

New York (State) — Shirley (Suffolk County)

Genres:

Biographies

History

System Details:

ACD (audio cd)

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

ACD 55 v.250

OCLC Numbers:

1090381187