{"title":"Jon Hunner","description":"In Las Cruces, historian Jon Hunner and students from the Public History Program and at New Mexico State University have gathered a fascinating array of images drawn primarily from the Rio Grande Historical Collection. The result is a view of the city that is as unique and farranging as the cosmopolitan face of Las Cruces itself.","products":[{"product_id":"inventing-los-alamos-the-growth-of-an-atomic-community-paperback","title":"Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA social history of New Mexico's \"Atomic City\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLos Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the community that revolutionized modern weaponry and science. An \"instant city,\" created in 1943, Los Alamos quickly grew to accommodate six thousand people--scientists and experts who came to work in the top-secret laboratories, others drawn by jobs in support industries, and the families. How these people, as a community, faced both the fevered rush to create an atomic bomb and the intensity of the subsequent cold-war era is the focus of Jon Hunner's fascinating narrative history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about scientific developments at Los Alamos, but until this book little has been said about the community that fostered them. Using government records and the personal accounts of early residents, \u003cem\u003eInventing Los Alamos\u003c\/em\u003e, traces the evolution of the town during its first fifteen years as home to a national laboratory and documents the town's creation, the lives of the families who lived there, and the impact of this small community on the Atomic Age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366148899039,"sku":"9780806138916","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/tmUwpY10iK9780806138916.webp?v=1789084451"},{"product_id":"the-mesilla-valley-paperback","title":"The Mesilla Valley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico is an oasis in the Chihuahuan desert. It has attracted people for hundreds of years to its bosques of cottonwood trees, its life giving water, and its opportunities. Up and down the Mesilla Valley, from the healing waters at Radium Springs to the historic village of Mesilla, from the mountain ranges that border the east and the west to New Mexico State University, and from the agricultural communities of the south valley, this south-central part of New Mexico illustrates why the state is called the Land of Enchantment. Historic photos from local archives and contemporary pictures show how people lived, worked, and played. This book continues the program by the Public History Program at New Mexico State University to publish local histories of the communities of New Mexico. The two previous books, \"Santa Fe: An Historic Walking Tour\" and \"Las Cruces: The City of Crosses\" also utilized historic photographs to tell to history of these New Mexican cities. However, \"The Mesilla Valley\" is the first book in a new series that the Public History Program has created in collaboration with Sunstone Press. The New Mexico Centennial History Series features books written by local historians about their towns and communities, and the important people who have made New Mexico what it is today. The series not only commemorates the centennial of New Mexico's statehood in 1912, but celebrates the entire history of the state. Jon Hunner is Professor of History at New Mexico State University where he directs the Public History Program and teaches both public and U.S. history. His publications include \"Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community\" and \"Chasing Oppie: Dr. J. 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The photographs contained in this volume tell the unique story of this town of contrasts, where historic plazas sit next to modern office buildings and subdivisions sprawl alongside old Indian trails. Many of the original buildings are now restaurants, galleries, and shops, but here readers see them as they once stood, making this book a fascinating reference for those familiar with the city or exploring it for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377726685407,"sku":"9780738520971","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vU866U21v49780738520971.webp?v=1789240029"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jon-hunner.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}