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
Autor principal: Robey, Sarah E., 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social aspects.
Nuclear weapons > Social aspects.
Nuclear weapons > Public opinion.
Group identity.
Citizenship > Social aspects.
Group identity > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear weapons > United States > Public opinion.
Citizenship > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Nuclear weapons > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Si vis pacem, para bellum [If you want peace,
  • prepare for war]
  • 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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