The first atomic age : scientists, radiations, and the American public, 1895-1945 / Matthew Lavine.
- Lavine, Matthew.
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical description
x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Introduction -- Crazes -- Commodification and Democratization -- Backlash -- Towards the Second Atomic Age.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
Languages
Subjects
- RadioactivitySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- RadiationSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- X-raysSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- RadiumSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- Nuclear energySocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- ScienceSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory
- Popular cultureUnited StatesHistory
- United StatesSocial conditions1865-1918
- United StatesSocial conditions1918-1932
- United StatesSocial conditions1933-1945
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAFJ.6.AA8-9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781137307217
- 1137307218