Description: Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant (SRP) on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this book explores the parallel militarization and modernization of the Cold War-era South.
Brief description: KARI FREDERICKSON is an associate professor and chair of the department of history at the University of Alabama. She is author of The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968 and coeditor of Making Waves: Female Activists in Twentieth-Century Florida.
Review Quotes: Cheers to Kari Frederickson for her vital contribution to our understanding of the modern South. Not only does Cold War Dixie uncover the fascinating history of the Savannah River Site--a feat of engineering that was said to have rivaled the building of the Panama Canal--but, more importantly, it connects the story of political and economic modernization in South Carolina with Cold War processes that were transforming areas across the South and Southwest. We need more histories of this kind, studies that connect regional developments to broader national and international processes.--Joseph Crespino "author of Strom Thurmond's America"