Reckoning day : : race, place, and the atom bomb in postwar America / / Jacqueline Foertsch.
"Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Hansberry as well as the placement of black characters in white-autho...
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Place / Publishing House: | Nashville : : Vanderbilt University Press,, [2013] 2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Summary: | "Tells the story of African Americans' response to the atomic threat in the postwar period. Examines the anti-nuclear writing and activism of figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lorraine Hansberry as well as the placement of black characters in white-authored doomsday fiction and nonfiction"--Provided by publisher. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826519276 (paperback : acidfree paper) 9780826519269 9780826519283 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jacqueline Foertsch. |