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UM Common Reading Experience 2014: Girls of Atomic City
The Book
Five copies of the book are available at the Reserve Desk in the J.D. Williams Library (1st floor). Call number is F444.O3 K54 2013. One copy is available in the main library stacks, and one signed copy is in Archives & Special Collections.
Book Reviews
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Atomic City Not as Secret As Some ThoughtBy Scott Martelle for The Washington Post, 5/3/2013.
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Kirkus Reviews:Girls of Atomic City11/15/2012
Websites
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Girls of Atomic City WebsiteThe official website for The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women who Won World War II
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Reading Group GuideThis reading group guide for The Girls of Atomic City includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with the author.
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Manhattan Series on WGNWatch episodes this fall from the new series about Site Y and the Manhattan Project.
Newspapers
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Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window- Full-text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America.
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20th-Century American Newspapers, Series 2 This link opens in a new window20th-Century American Newspapers offers searchable digital editions of historically significant U.S. newspapers from 1923 forward. Each of these regionally diverse publications provides researchers with much needed opportunities to more fully explore our recent past. Series 2 includes: Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama; 1970-1992), The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington; 1923-1984), The Times (Trenton, New Jersey; 1923-1993).
Articles
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Atomic MedicineHistory Today, Nov2009, Vol. 59 Issue 11, p26
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Behind the First A-BombSaturday Evening Post. 7/16/1960, Vol. 233 Issue 3, p16-75. 6p
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The Decision to Drop the BombWorld War II. Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p40-45. 5p
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I Am DestinyWorld War II. Mar/Apr2013, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p52-59. 8p.
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A Very Pleasant Way to Die': Radiation Effects and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb against JapanDiplomatic History. Jun2012, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p515-545. 31p.
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Whatever the Thing May Be Called': The Australian News Media and Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and NagasakiAustralian Historical Studies. Apr2000, Vol. 31 Issue 114, p49. 18p
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Women and the bomb: Domestication of the atomic bomb in the United StatesInternational Social Science Review. 1999, Vol. 74 Issue 3/4, p129. 12p.
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"You'd stand in line to buy potato peelings': German women's memories of World War IIJournal of International Women's Studies. Aug2012, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p86-102. 17p.
Databases
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After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl HarborApproximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. On December 8, 1941.
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America From the Great Depression to World War I!: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced. Created by a group of U.S. government photographers, the images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl. In later years, the photographers turned their attention to the mobilization effort for World War II. The core of the collection consists of about 164,000 black-and-white photographs.
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowCovers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Artstor Digital Library This link opens in a new windowThe ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Use the advanced search tool to find hundreds of images from World War II.
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Historic Government Publications from World War II: A Digital LibraryThe Historic Government Publications from World War II contains 343 Informational pamphlets, government reports, instructions, regulations, declarations, speeches, and propaganda materials distributed by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) during the Second World War. The documents are held by SMU Central University Libraries' Government Information Department.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada – see America: History and Life) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women’s history, history of education, and more.
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History Reference Center This link opens in a new windowComprehensive history reference database offering full text from more than 1,600 reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and leading history periodicals. Also includes thousands of historical documents, 78,000 biographies, historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
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World War II Military Situation Mapsmaps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. Some of the sheets are accompanied by a declassified "G-3 Report" giving detailed information on troop positions for the period 3 Mar. 1945-26 July 1945. These maps and reports were used by the commanders of the United States forces in their evaluation of the campaigns and for planning future strategies.