On Rims and Ridges: The Los Alamos Area since 1880 by Hal K. Rothman

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Reviewed by: On Rims and Ridges: The Los Alamos Area since 1880 by Hal K. Rothman Peter B. Hales (bio) On Rims and Ridges: The Los Alamos Area since 1880. By Hal K. Rothman. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Pp. xvi+376; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00. Peter B. Hales Dr. Hales is director of graduate studies of the History of Architecture and Art Department, and a professor in the College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Planning, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His writings on the history of the American West include William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape (Philadelphia, 1988), and he recently completed a book-length study of the cultural landscapes of the Manhattan Project, tentatively titled “Atomic Spaces.” Copyright © 1994 by the Society for the History of Technology. All rights reserved