03902nam 2200985 a 450 991078022560332120230207223204.00-8147-6919-50-8147-7678-70-585-48059-110.18574/nyu/9780814776780(CKB)111087027968340(EBL)865897(OCoLC)779828289(SSID)ssj0000214957(PQKBManifestationID)11175748(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214957(PQKBWorkID)10167773(PQKB)10567685(SSID)ssj0000667931(PQKBManifestationID)12209261(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667931(PQKBWorkID)10685011(PQKB)21130711(MiAaPQ)EBC865897(OCoLC)53482660(MdBmJHUP)muse10414(Au-PeEL)EBL865897(CaPaEBR)ebr10137186(DE-B1597)547141(DE-B1597)9780814776780(EXLCZ)9911108702796834020010123d2001 my 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOne nation underground[electronic resource] the fallout shelter in American culture /Kenneth D. RoseNew York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (323 p.)American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-7523-3 0-8147-7522-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A New Age Dawning; 2 The Nuclear Apocalyptic; 3 Morality and National Identity at the Shelter Door; 4 Taking Government, Business, and Schools Underground; 5 The Theory and Practice of Armageddon; 6 The Shelters That Were Not Built, the Nuclear War That Did Not Start; Postscript; Notes; Index; About the AuthorFor the half-century duration of the Cold War, the fallout shelter was a curiously American preoccupation. Triggered in 1961 by a hawkish speech by John F. Kennedy, the fallout shelter controversy-""to dig or not to dig,"" as Business Week put it at the time-forced many Americans to grapple with deeply disturbing dilemmas that went to the very heart of their self-image about what it meant to be an American, an upstanding citizen, and a moral human being. Given the much-touted nuclear threat throughout the 1960's and the fact that 4 out of 5 Americans expressed a preference for nuclear war overAmerican history and culture (New York University Press)Fallout sheltersSocial aspectsUnited StatesNuclear warfareSocial aspectsUnited StatesCold WarSocial aspectsUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesSocial conditions1945-1960s.American.Cold.backyard.challenges.countrys.during.early.expectation.fallout.height.preoccupation.reveals.self-image.shelters.social.troubling.with.Fallout sheltersSocial aspectsNuclear warfareSocial aspectsCold WarSocial aspectsPopular cultureHistory303.6/6Rose Kenneth D(Kenneth David),1946-1538175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780225603321One nation underground3787985UNINA