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UNISA996397046703316 |
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Securis John |
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[An almanacke and prognostication for the yere 1562] [[electronic resource]] |
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[Imprinted at London, : By Ihon Waley], [1562] |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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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. |
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UNINA9910784623203321 |
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Autore |
Boyer Paul S |
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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 |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 1994 |
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979-88-908648-9-5 |
0-8078-7570-8 |
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1 online resource (464 p.) |
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Atomic bomb - Moral and ethical aspects |
Atomic bomb |
United States Civilization 1945- |
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Monografia |
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1985. With new pref. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-422) and index. |
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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 |
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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 |
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