| Description |
283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: Sunday, August 5, 1945 -- Introduction: Postwar Adolescents and the Atomic Bomb -- 1. Future Homemakers and Boy Cadets: School Activities for "Atom-Agers" -- 2. Mouse Traps and Chain Reactions: Atomic Education in the Classroom -- 3. Communism, Democracy, and Civil Defense: High School Days and Drills -- 4. Brotherhood, Self-Reliance, and Survival: Senior Scholastic in Text and Images -- 5. Growing Up "in a Circus Like This": Atomic Repercussions in the Movies -- 6. Paper Bombs and Atomic Airwaves: The World of Print, Radio, and Television -- 7. "... to Escape the Fury of the Blast": Young Voices of a New Generation -- 8. The Fusion of Youth Culture -- Epilogue: 1955 -- App. A. Atomic Narratives for the Classroom -- App. B. "Hydrogen, the Explosive" -- App. C. Film and Television Chronology |
| Summary |
"This multidisciplinary study examines the exposure of American young people to atomic narratives during the ten years following World War II. In addition, it examines the broader "social narrative of the atom," the educational, social, cultural and political activities that surrounded and involved American youth. The activities ranged from school and community programs to movies and television shows to government-sponsored traveling exhibits on atomic energy." "The book also presents writings by postwar adolescents, who clearly expressed their conflicted feelings, and shows how many of the issues commonly associated with the sixties generation, such as peace, fellowship, free expression, and environmental concern, can be traced to this earlier time."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Youth -- United States.
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Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Young adult literature -- History and criticism.
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Youth -- Books and reading -- United States.
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Atomic bomb in literature.
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| LC no. |
2003001970 |
| ISBN |
0786415665 paperback |
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