a weapons laboratory at the end of the Cold War Gusterson, Hugh. creator text bibliography cau Berkeley University of California Press c1996 1996 monographic eng

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xviii, 351 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Based on fieldwork at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - the facility that designed the neutron bomb and the warhead for the MX missile - Nuclear Rites takes the reader deep inside the top-secret culture of a nuclear weapons lab. Exploring the scientists' world of dark humor, ritualized secrecy, and disciplined emotions, anthropologist Gusterson uncovers the beliefs and values that animate their work. He discovers that many of the scientists are Christians, deeply convinced of the morality of their work. An unexpected number are also liberals who opposed the Vietnam War and the Reagan-Bush agenda. In a lively, wide-ranging account, Gusterson analyzes the ethics and politics of laboratory employees, the effects of security regulations on scientists' private lives, and the role of nuclear tests - beyond the obvious scientific one - as rituals of initiation and transcendence. Hugh Gusterson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-344) and index. n-us-ca Nuclear weapons Research Social aspects California Livermore Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employees Antinuclear movement Social aspects Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Personnel Armes nucleaires Recherche Aspect social Californie Livermore Mouvement antinuclâeaire Aspect social Armas nucleares Investigaciones Aspectos sociales California Movimiento antinuclear Aspectos sociales Kernwapens Laboratoriumonderzoek Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Etats-Unis). Armes nuclâeaires Recherche Aspect social âEtats-Unis Mouvement antinucleaire Aspect social Energie nuclâeaire Recherche Aspect social Etats-Unis Californie Californie Californie (âEtats-Unis) Livermore U 264.4 G982n 1996 306.27 89.77 0520081471 9780520081475 96007234 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/96007234.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/96007234.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/96007234.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/96007234.html DLC 960226 20230410105245.0 90741