From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America Book

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From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America
Written by author Jennifer S. Light
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, October 2005
During the early decades of the Cold War, large-scale investments in American defenseand aerospace research and development spawned a variety of problem-solving techniques, technologies, and institutions. From systems analysis to reconnaissance satellites

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Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
1 Planning for the Atomic Age: Creating a Community of Experts 10
Pt. I Command, Control, and Community
2 The City as a Communication System 35
3 Cybernetics and Urban Renewal 55
Pt. II Cities in the Space Age
4 Urban Intelligence Gathering 95
5 Moon-Shot Management for American Cities 124
Pt. III The Urban Crisis as National Security Crisis
6 Cable as a Cold War Technology 163
7 Wired Cities 195
Conclusion 231
Notes 239
Note on Sources 275
Index 281

Title: From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America

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From Warfare to Welfare: Defense Intellectuals and Urban Problems in Cold War America

Very relevant to my own studies (the application of computer model in urban planning by Canadian ecologists). It seems like the unchecked techno-optimism of cold war academics certainly spread across disciplinary as well as national boundaries.

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