Lucie Genay

About The Author

Lucie Genay is an associate professor of US civilization in the English and American Studies Department at the University of Limoges, France. She is also the author of Land of Nuclear Enchantment: A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry (UNM Press).

Books by Lucie Genay

Under the Cap of Invisibility

The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle

By Lucie Genay
Foreword by Alex Hunt
Pantex was built during World War II near the town of Amarillo, Texas. The site was converted early in the Cold War to assemble nuclear weapons and produce high explosives. For nearly fifty years Pantex has been the sole assembly and disassembly plant for nuclear weapons in the United States. Tod...
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Land of Nuclear Enchantment

A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry

By Lucie Genay
In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico’s nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people. Genay focuses on personal experiences in order to give a sense of the upheaval that accompanied the...
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