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The dragon's tail : Americans face the atomic age / Robert A. Jacobs.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .J265 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Robert A., 1960-
- Series:
- Culture, politics, and the Cold War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social change.
- History.
- War and society.
- Nuclear warfare--Social aspects.
- Atomic bomb--Social aspects.
- Atomic bomb.
- United States--Civilization--1945-.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--1945---Sources.
- Atomic bomb--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Atomic bomb--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Nuclear warfare--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Nuclear warfare--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- War and society--United States--History--20th century.
- War and society--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Social change--United States--History--20th century.
- Social change--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction: At the core of the bomb, narratives
- Atomic familiars on the radioactive landscape
- Fallout stories
- Nuclear approach/avoidance : social scientists and the bomb
- Survival of self and nation under atomic attack
- Good bomb/bad bomb
- The atomic kid : American children vs. the bomb
- Conclusion: The magical and the mundane.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781558497276
- 1558497277
- 9781558497269
- 1558497269
- OCLC:
- 368046189
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