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Autore |
Foertsch Jacqueline <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Reckoning day : race, place, and the atom bomb in postwar America / / Jacqueline Foertsch |
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Nashville : , : Vanderbilt University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8265-0286-5 |
0-8265-1928-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Politics and government - 20th century |
Atomic bomb - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Antinuclear movement - United States - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century |
African American political activists |
African American intellectuals |
Atomic bomb in literature |
Race relations in literature |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"Extraordinarily Convenient Neighbors" : Servant-Savior-Savants in White-Authored Post-Nuclear Novels -- "Tomorrow's Children" : Interracial Conflict and Resolution in Atomic-Era Science Fiction and Afro-Futurism -- Sidebar : Covering the Bomb in the African American Press -- Against the "Starless Midnight of Racism and War" : African American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Agenda -- Last Man Standing : Sex and Survival in the Interracial Apocalyptic -- Conclusion: "Don't Drop It, Stop It, Bebop It" : Some Final Notes on Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of |
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