LEADER 03902nam 2200985 a 450 001 9910780225603321 005 20230207223204.0 010 $a0-8147-6919-5 010 $a0-8147-7678-7 010 $a0-585-48059-1 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814776780 035 $a(CKB)111087027968340 035 $a(EBL)865897 035 $a(OCoLC)779828289 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214957 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214957 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167773 035 $a(PQKB)10567685 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000667931 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12209261 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667931 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10685011 035 $a(PQKB)21130711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865897 035 $a(OCoLC)53482660 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10414 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865897 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137186 035 $a(DE-B1597)547141 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814776780 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027968340 100 $a20010123d2001 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOne nation underground$b[electronic resource] $ethe fallout shelter in American culture /$fKenneth D. Rose 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-7523-3 311 $a0-8147-7522-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aFor the half-century duration of the Cold War, the fallout shelter was a curiously American preoccupation. Triggered in 1961 by a hawkish speech by John F. Kennedy, the fallout shelter controversy-""to dig or not to dig,"" as Business Week put it at the time-forced many Americans to grapple with deeply disturbing dilemmas that went to the very heart of their self-image about what it meant to be an American, an upstanding citizen, and a moral human being. Given the much-touted nuclear threat throughout the 1960's and the fact that 4 out of 5 Americans expressed a preference for nuclear war over 410 0$aAmerican history and culture (New York University Press) 606 $aFallout shelters$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNuclear warfare$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCold War$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 610 $a1960s. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aCold. 610 $abackyard. 610 $achallenges. 610 $acountrys. 610 $aduring. 610 $aearly. 610 $aexpectation. 610 $afallout. 610 $aheight. 610 $apreoccupation. 610 $areveals. 610 $aself-image. 610 $ashelters. 610 $asocial. 610 $atroubling. 610 $awith. 615 0$aFallout shelters$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNuclear warfare$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCold War$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a303.6/6 700 $aRose$b Kenneth D$g(Kenneth David),$f1946-$01538175 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780225603321 996 $aOne nation underground$93787985 997 $aUNINA