Screen LibraryThe first atomic age Scientists, radiations, and the American public, 1895-1945 /
At the close of the 19th century, strange new forms of energy arrested the American public's attention in ways that no scientific discovery ever had before. This groundbreaking cultural history tells the story of the first nuclear culture, one whose lasting effects would be seen in the familiar...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
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History of the Americas
> c 1900 - c 1914
> c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1
> c 1918 to c 1939 Inter-war period
> USA
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
> c 1900 - c 1914
> c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1
> c 1918 to c 1939 Inter-war period
> USA
Social & cultural history
> c 1900 - c 1914
> c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1
> c 1918 to c 1939 Inter-war period
> USA
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137307224 |
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At the close of the 19th century, strange new forms of energy arrested the American public's attention in ways that no scientific discovery ever had before. This groundbreaking cultural history tells the story of the first nuclear culture, one whose lasting effects would be seen in the familiar "atomic age" of the post-war twentieth century. "In his fascinating account of science and culture in the era of radium elixirs, naughty X-Rays, and bizarre alchemical transmutations, Matthew Lavine shows us how radiation and radioactivity were emblematic of modernity long before the so-called nuclear age." - Jacob Darwin Hamblin, author of Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism "This is a thorough and engaging treatment of an important and curiously under-studied subject. Lavine has an eye for evocative detail and stories, and the wealth of information the book includes is one of its strongest features. He has a |
| Item Description: |
Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137307217, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 260 p. : 12 b&w, 1 figures, ill. |
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9781137307217 9781137307224 : 1137307226 : |
| CLC: | T-097.12 |
| Contents: | 1. Crazes 2. Commodification and Democratization 3. Backlash 4. Toward the Second Atomic Age. |