Uranium Matters

Central European Uranium in International Politics, 19001960
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-963-9776-00-5
Verlag: Central European University Press

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge – the Ore Mountains – on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karlsch, Rainer

Zeman, Zbynek

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Preface Part 1: Unparalleled Power Part 2: The Erzgebirge Region Part 3: The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium Part 4: Wismut AG: a State Within a State Concluding Remarks Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Archives Bibliography Name Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zeman, Zbynek
Zbynek Zeman is Professor Emeritus in European History, Oxford University and Lector at the Anglo-American College in Prague.

Karlsch, Rainer
Rainer Karlsch teaches Economic History at Humboldt University as well as at the Free University, Berlin.