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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

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 Holl

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Party I. First Reactions; Part II. Overture: The World Government Movement; Part III. The Atomic Scientists: From Bomb-Makers to Political Sages; Part IV. Anodyne to Terror: Fantasies of a Techno Atomic Utopia; Part V. The Social Implications of Atomic Energy: Prophecies and Prescriptions; Part VI. The Crisis of Morals and Values ; Part VII. Culture and Consciousness in the Early Atomic Era; Part VIII. The End of the Beginning: Settling in for the Long Haul; Epilogue: From the H-Bomb to Star Wars: The Continuing Cycles of Activism and Apathy

Notes

Notes:

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

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

ISBN:

9798890864895

9780807875704

0807875708

OCLC:

723943556

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01617 hdl