1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996397046703316

Autore

Securis John

Titolo

[An almanacke and prognostication for the yere 1562] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Imprinted at London, : By Ihon Waley], [1562]

Descrizione fisica

[72] p

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from Bosanquet; imprint from part 2 title page.

In 2 parts.

The second part, "A prognosticacion, for the yere since the birthe of our Lorde Iesus Christ, 1562." has separate title page and register.

Signatures: A-B C⁴; ² A-B.

Imperfect; general title page lacking, title page of part 2 misbound at front of part 1; leaf ² B7 torn, affecting text.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784623203321

Autore

Boyer Paul S

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 1994

ISBN

979-88-908648-9-5

0-8078-7570-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - Moral and ethical aspects

Atomic bomb

United States Civilization 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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