Proving grounds : project plowshare and the unrealized dream of nuclear earthmoving - Kirsch, Scott, 1967- (New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2005)
Geographical engineering -- Origins of a cold war experimental program -- Toward an "early and obvious demonstration" -- Geographies of authority: Livermore, Cape Thompson and Area 10 -- Nuclear craters -- Pragmatic engineering worlds: feasibility and trust, off-site -- Epitaph: technocracy, geography, and the rights to knowledge.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.
Keywords: Nuclear excavation; Project Plowshare (U.S.)