Atomic Americans : citizens in a nuclear state /
Robey, Sarah E., 1986-
Atomic Americans : citizens in a nuclear state / Sarah E. Robey. - xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
Introduction: the wars 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.
"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"--
9781501762093 1501762095
2021019755
GBC202620 bnb
020443727 Uk
Nuclear weapons--Social aspects--United States.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Citizenship--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Nuclear weapons--Public opinion.--United States
Group identity--History--United States--20th century.
Atomic Americans : citizens in a nuclear state / Sarah E. Robey. - xiv, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
Introduction: the wars 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.
"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"--
9781501762093 1501762095
2021019755
GBC202620 bnb
020443727 Uk
Nuclear weapons--Social aspects--United States.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Citizenship--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Nuclear weapons--Public opinion.--United States
Group identity--History--United States--20th century.