On the road to Survival City, Tom Vanderbilt maps the visible and invisible legacies of the cold war, exhuming the blueprints for the apocalypse we once envisioned and chronicling a time when we all lived at ground zero. In this road trip among ruined missile silos, atomic storage bunkers, and secret test sites, a lost battleground emerges amid the architecture of the 1950s, accompanied by Walter Cotten’s stunning photographs. Survival City looks deep into the national soul, unearthing the dreams and fears that drove us during the latter half of the twentieth century.
“A crucial and dazzling book, masterful, and for me at least, intoxicating.”—Dave Eggers
“A genuinely engaging book, perhaps because [Vanderbilt] is skillful at conveying his own sense of engagement to the reader.”—Los Angeles Times
“A retracing of Dr. Strangelove as ordinary life.”—Greil Marcus, Bookforum
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Tom Vanderbilt is the New York Times best-selling author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). His work on design, technology, science, and culture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine,The Nation, the London Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, and others.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 7760253-n
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0226846946
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0226846946
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Brand new. Pristine. No markings. Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 013233
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780226846941
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # FW-9780226846941
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 228 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __0226846946
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0226846946
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0226846946
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0226846946xvz189zvxnew