| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Culture in Politics in the Cold War and Beyond
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Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Fatherhood and the Family Fallout Shelter -- The Log Cabin of the Nuclear Age -- The Fallout Shelter Father on the New Frontier -- Fatherhood in the Target Zone -- The Struggle to Sell Survival -- Survival and Violence at the Shelter Door -- Take to the Hills. |
| Summary |
"In Every Home a Fortress, Thomas Bishop details the remarkable cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity-the fallout shelter father, who, with spade in hand and the canned goods he has amassed, sought to save his family from atomic warfare. Putting policy documents and presidential addresses into conversation with previously unmined personal letters, diaries, local media coverage, and antinuclear ephemera, Bishop demonstrates that the nuclear crisis years of 1957 to 1963 were not just pivotal for the history of international relations but were also a transitional moment in the social histories of the white middle class and American fatherhood. During this era, public concerns surrounding civil defense shaped private family conversations, and the fallout shelter emerged as a site at which ideas of nationhood, national security, and masculinity collided with the complex reality of trying to raise and protect a family in the nuclear age"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil defense. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Social aspects. |
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Fallout shelters -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Fallout shelters. |
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Political culture. |
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Fatherhood -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Fatherhood. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Masculinity -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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Masculinity. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Fatherhood. |
| Added Title |
Cold War fatherhood and the family fallout shelter |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bishop, Thomas E. (Editor of Imagining the end). Every home a fortress. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020] 9781625344823 (DLC) 2019042716 (OCoLC)1129207162 |
| ISBN |
9781613767283 (electronic book) |
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1613767285 (electronic book) |
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9781625344823 |
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1625344821 |
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9781625344830 |
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162534483X |
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