Author: Weart, Spencer R.
Title: Nuclear Fear: A History of Images
Description: Cambridge [MA], Harvard University Press, (1988). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, (10). 535 pp, In a torn dustwrapper.. Some page-edge soil. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Years of Fantasy, 1902-1938: Radioactive Hopes; Radiactive Fears;Radium: Elixir or Poison? The Secret, the Master and the Monster; Confronting Reality, 1939-1952: Where Earth & Heaven Meet; The News from Hiroshima; National Defenses; New Hopes & Horrors, 1953-1963: Atoms for Peace; Good & Bad Atoms; The New Blasphemy; Death Dust; The Imagination of Survival; The Politics of Survival; Suspect Technology, 1958-1986: Fail/ Safe; Reactor Poison & Promises; The Debate Explodes; Energy Choices; Civilization or Liberation? The War Fear Revival: An Unfinished Chapter; The Search for Renewal: The Modern Arcanum; Artistic Transmutations; Conclusion.

Keywords: Sociology of Science, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Warfare, Political History, Social Psychology, Antinuclear, Movement Movements, Radiation,