Savage Perils: Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture

by Patrick B. Sharp

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Revisiting the racial origins of the conflict between "civilization" and "savagery" in twentieth-century America

The atomic age brought the Bomb and spawned stories of nuclear apocalypse to remind us of impending doom. As Patrick Sharp reveals, those stories had their origins well before Hiroshima, reaching back to Charles Darwin and America's frontier.

In Savage Perils, Sharp examines the racial underpinnings of American culture,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806143061

ISBN13:9780806143064

Release Date:March 2012

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Ancient Arms Control Discrimination & Racism Early Civilization History International & World Politics International Relations Military Minority Studies

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