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In Fallout Shelter, David Monteyne traces the partnership that developed between architects and civil defense authorities during the 1950s and 1960s. Neither the civil defense bureaucracy nor the architectural profession was monolithic, however, and Monteyne shows that architecture for civil defense was a contested and often inconsistent project, reflecting specific assumptions about race, gender, class, and power.

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Fallout Shelter deals in depth with one of the most material, most local, and most peculiar manifestations of the Cold War in the U.S. the bomb shelter. David Monteyne provides an excellent model for assessing the anonymous architectural agents, past and present, that affect human action. Annabel Wharton, author of Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture

"""Fallout Shelter deals in depth with one of the most material, most local, and most peculiar manifestations of the Cold War in the U.S.—the bomb shelter. David Monteyne provides an excellent model for assessing the anonymous architectural agents, past and present, that affect human action."" —Annabel Wharton, author of Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture"

Fallout Shelter deals in depth with one of the most material, most local, and most peculiar manifestations of the Cold War in the U.S.--the bomb shelter. David Monteyne provides an excellent model for assessing the anonymous architectural agents, past and present, that affect human action. --Annabel Wharton, author of Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture

Fallout Shelter deals in depth with one of the most material, most local, and most peculiar manifestations of the Cold War in the U.S.--the bomb shelter. David Monteyne provides an excellent model for assessing the anonymous architectural agents, past and present, that affect human action. --Annabel Wharton, author of Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture

<p> Fallout Shelter deals in depth with one of the most material, most local, and most peculiar manifestations of the Cold War in the U.S.--the bomb shelter. David Monteyne provides an excellent model for assessing the anonymous architectural agents, past and present, that affect human action. --Annabel Wharton, author of Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture

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David Monteyne is assistant professor of architectural history and theory at the University of Calgary.

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