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A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Among southeastern Indians pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation. But even though pottery was available in the Southeast as early as 4,500 years ago, it took nearly two millenia before it was widely used. Why would an innovation of such economic value take so long to be adopted? The answer lies in the social and political contexts of traditional cooking technology. Sassaman's book questions the value of using technological traits alone to mark tempora
Indians of North America --- Indian pottery --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Indians --- Pottery, Indian --- Pottery --- Antiquities. --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) --- Southern States --- Savannah Valley (Ga. and S.C.)
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Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South. The SRP, a scientific and industrial complex near Aiken, South Carolina, grew out of a 1950 partnership between the Atomic Energy Commission and the DuPont Corporation and was dedicated to producing materials for the hydrogen bomb. Kari Frederickson shows how the needs of the expanding national security state, in combination with the corporate culture of DuPont, transformed the economy, lan
Social change --- Militarism --- Nuclear weapons industry --- Cold War --- World politics --- Weapons industry --- Antimilitarism --- Military policy --- Sociology, Military --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Imperialism --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- History --- Social aspects --- Savannah River Plant (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company) --- Savannah River Site (Westinghouse Savannah River Company) --- Du Pont de Nemours (E. I.) and Company. --- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. --- SRP --- History. --- Aiken (S.C.) --- Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) --- Savannah Valley (Ga. and S.C.) --- City of Aiken (S.C.) --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Cold war
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