| Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Contributor(s): Amundson, Michael a. (Editor), Zeman, Scott C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0870817647 ISBN-13: 9780870817649 Publisher: University Press of Colorado OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2004 Annotation: In Atomic Culture, eight scholars examine the range of cultural expressions of atomic energy from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century, including comic books, nuclear landscapes, mushroom-cloud postcards, the Los Alamos suburbs, uranium-themed board games, future atomic waste facilities, and atomic-themed films such as Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Kid. Despite the growing interest in atomic culture and history, the body of relevant scholarship is relatively sparse. Atomic Culture opens new doors into the field by providing a substantive, engaging, and historically based consideration of the topic that will appeal to students and scholars of the Atomic Age as well as general readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 2004001010 |
| Series: Atomic History and Culture Series |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.96" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Atomic Culture, eight scholars examine the range of cultural expressions of atomic energy from the 1940s to the early twenty-first century, including comic books, nuclear landscapes, mushroom-cloud postcards, the Los Alamos suburbs, uranium-themed board games, future atomic waste facilities, and atomic-themed films such as Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Kid. Despite the growing interest in atomic culture and history, the body of relevant scholarship is relatively sparse. Atomic Culture opens new doors into the field by providing a substantive, engaging, and historically based consideration of the topic that will appeal to students and scholars of the Atomic Age as well as general readers. Contributors include Michael A. Amundson, Mick Broderick, Peter Goin, John Hunner, Ferenc M. Szasz, A. Costandina Titus, Peter C. van Wyck, and Scott C. Zeman. |