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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784623203321
• Autore: Boyer Paul S
• 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