Atomic Narratives and American Youth: Coming of Age with the Atom, 1945-1955 Book

	Prologue: Sunday, August 5, 1945	1
	Preface	7
	Introduction: Postwar Adolescents and the Atomic Bomb	15
1	Future Homemakers and Boy Cadets: School Activities for "Atom-Agers"	23
2	Mouse Traps and Chain Reactions: Atomic Education in the Classroom	50
3	Communism, Democracy, and Civil Defense: High School Days and Drills	72
4	Brotherhood, Self-Reliance, and Survival: Senior Scholastic in Text and Images	104
5	Growing Up "in a Circus Like This": Atomic Repercussions in the Movies	134
6	Paper Bombs and Atomic Airwaves: The World of Print, Radio, and Television	153
7	"... to Escape the Fury of the Blast": Young Voices of a New Generation	175
8	The Fusion of Youth Culture	203
	Epilogue: 1955	212
App. A	Atomic Narratives for the Classroom	215
App. B	"Hydrogen, the Explosive"	224
App. C	Film and Television Chronology	229
	Notes	233
	Bibliography	256
	Index	277