By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
- ISBN-10
- 1628201207
- ISBN-13
- 9781628201208
- Series
- By the Bomb's Early Light
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 466
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-01
- Publisher
- ACLS History E-Book Project
- Authors
- Paul Boyer, Merle Curti Professor Emeritus of History Paul Boyer
Description
A study on the effect of the nuclear bomb and the threat of nuclear war on the collective American consciousness.
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- 2015-03-01
- 466 pages
- Paperback
- ACLS History E-Book Project
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- 2005-10-21
- 464 pages
- Ebook
- Univ of North Carolina Press
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- 1985
- 440 pages
- Paperback
- Univ of North Carolina Press
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- 1985
- 440 pages
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- Pantheon Books
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