The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-8263-6422-7
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
Unlike the much more famous nuclear-weapons-production sites at Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Rocky Flats, the Pantex plant has drawn little attention, hidden under a metaphoric "cap of invisibility." Lucie Genay now lifts that invisibility cap to give the world its first in-depth look at Pantex and the people who have spent their lives as neighbors and employees of this secretive industry. The book investigates how Pantex has impacted local identity by molding elements of the past into the guaranty of its future and its concealment. It further examines the multiple facets of Pantexism through the voices of native and adoptive Panhandlers.