Atomic Americans : citizens in a nuclear state /

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"Examines how American civic life and ideas about citizenship changed in response to the threat of nuclear attack in the early years of the Cold War"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robey, Sarah E., 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] ; London : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Temas:
1900-1999
Nuclear weapons > Social aspects > United States.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Citizenship > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > United States > Public opinion.
Group identity > United States > History > 20th century.
Armes nucléaires > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Identité collective > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Citizenship > Social aspects
Group identity
Nuclear weapons > Public opinion
Nuclear weapons > Social aspects
Social aspects
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The ward to come
  • Stop "play[ing] pattycake with the whole issue" : citizen calls for civil defense
  • "Between the devil and the deep" : civil defense and the early Cold War political landscape
  • The man in the white lab coat : the uses of scientists and scientific authority
  • The fallout from fallout : the peacetime threat
  • Atomic America : the expert public and nuclear dissent
  • Conclusion : Renouncing the nuclear in nuclear citizenship.

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