03213nam 2200649Ia 450 991045805000332120200520144314.00-8078-7570-8(CKB)1000000000396305(EBL)475167(OCoLC)723943556(SSID)ssj0000483152(PQKBManifestationID)11331277(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483152(PQKBWorkID)10529373(PQKB)11525548(SSID)ssj0000083906(PQKBManifestationID)12016372(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083906(PQKBWorkID)10162962(PQKB)11748888(MiAaPQ)EBC475167(Au-PeEL)EBL475167(CaPaEBR)ebr10351497(CaONFJC)MIL929544(EXLCZ)99100000000039630519940208e19941985 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBy 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 authorChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press19941 online resource (464 p.)Originally published: New York : Pantheon, 1985. With new pref.0-8078-4480-2 0-394-52878-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-422) and index.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 ApathyNotesOriginally 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 HollAtomic bombMoral and ethical aspectsAtomic bombUnited StatesCivilization1945-Electronic books.Atomic bombMoral and ethical aspects.Atomic bomb.973.92Boyer Paul S65302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458050003321By the bomb's early light1823570UNINA