By the bomb's early light : American thought and culture at the dawn of the atomic age / Paul Boyer ; with a new preface by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Paul S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects.

Atomic bomb.

United States--Civilization--1945-.

United States.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xxii, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

Summary:

Originally published in 1985, By the Bomb's Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural "fallout" in America during the early years of the atomic age. The book is based on a wide range of sources, including cartoons, opinion polls, radio programs, movies, literature, song lyrics, slang, and interviews with leading opinion-makers of the time. Through these materials, Boyer shows the surprising and profoundly disturbing ways in which the bomb quickly and totally penetrated the fabric of American life, from the chillingly prophetic forecasts of observers like Lewis Mumford to the Hollywood starlet who launched her career as the "anatomic bomb". In a new preface, Boyer discusses recent changes in nuclear politics and attitudes toward the nuclear age.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1985. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-422) and index.

ISBN:

0807844802

OCLC:

29877257