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Author:

Lavine, Matthew.

Title:

The first atomic age : scientists, radiations, and the American public, 1895-1945 / Matthew Lavine.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Radioactivity--History.--United States--History.
Radiation--History.--United States--History.
X-rays--History.--United States--History.
Radium--History.--United States--History.
Nuclear energy--History.--United States--History.
Science--History.--United States--History.
Popular culture--United States--History.
United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Crazes -- Commodification and Democratization -- Backlash -- Towards the Second Atomic Age.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology

ISBN:

1137307218 (alkaline paper)
9781137307217 (alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)827256508

LCCN:

2012049337

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)