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The First Atomic Age : Scientists, Radiations, and the American Public,1895-1945

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	Scientists, Radiations, and the American Public,1895-1945
Author:	LavineMatthew.,
Place of Publication:	New York
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2013
Description:	1 online resource (261 pages).
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Subject:	Radioactivity - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	Radiation - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	X-rays - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	Radium - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	Nuclear energy - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	Science - Social aspects - United States -
Subject:	Popular culture - History. - United States -
Subject:	SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects -
Subject:	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects -
Subject:	United States - Social conditions - 1865-1918. -
Subject:	United States - Social conditions - 1918-1932. -
Subject:	United States - Social conditions - 1933-1945. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137307224
Notes:	Description based on print version record
Summary:	At the close of the 19th century, strange new forms ofenergy arrested the American public's attention in ways that no scientific discoveryever had before. This groundbreaking cultural history tells the story of the firstnuclear culture, one whose lasting effects would be seen in the familiar ""atomic age"" of the post-war twentieth century.
ISBN:	9781137307224electronic bk.
ISBN:	1137307226electronic bk.
Content Note:	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Archival Sources; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Crazes; Chapter 3 Commodification and Democratization; Chapter 4 Backlash; Chapter 5 Toward the Second Atomic Age; Notes; Index.

The First Atomic Age : Scientists, Radiations, and the American Public,1895-1945
Lavine, Matthew.

The First Atomic Age : Scientists, Radiations, and the American Public,1895-1945 / Matthew Levine. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - 1 online resource (261 pages).. - (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology).
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Archival Sources; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Crazes; Chapter 3 Commodification and Democratization; Chapter 4 Backlash; Chapter 5 Toward the Second Atomic Age; Notes; Index..
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 9781137307224ISBN 1137307226
RadioactivityRadiationX-raysRadiumNuclear energySciencePopular cultureSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social AspectsTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects -- Social aspects -- Social aspects -- Social aspects -- Social aspects -- Social aspects -- Social aspects -- History. -- United States -- United States -- United States -- United States -- United States -- United States -- United States

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