Jonathan Hogg is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of Using Primary Sources: A Practical Guide for Students (forthcoming).

At long last, a book that takes a long view of Britain's fascination with nuclear science. Jonathan Hogg takes us back to the Victorian age to show that British nuclear culture was born decades before the Cold War and that it flourishes to this day. Along the way, he takes in everything from H. G. Wells and Ewan MacColl to Morrissey and Alan Partridge. British Nuclear Culture will appeal to scholars and students of history, literature, politics and the mass media, and just about anyone interested in why and how Britain has lived with The Bomb. Tony Shaw, University of Hertfordshire We know the atomic bomb fundamentally transformed modern life, but Jonathan Hogg shows us that it did not do so in the same way everywhere. This is a important contribution to nuclear studies as it takes both nation and region seriously in the production of a nuclear culture. Hogg does not just follow expert concerns or defense policy debates, he also attends to the vernacular forms of local activisms across British cities and generations. British Nuclear Culture leads the way to a new comparative nuclear studies, and with it, a deeper understanding of the nuclear revolution. Joseph P. Masco, University of Chicago, USA This book offers a far-reaching critical analysis of the extensive reach of nuclear culture, and of the ripple effects that spread, like the concentric circles frequently used to represent an atomic blast, through almost every aspect of British life during the creation and maintenance of the nuclear state. Catherine Jolivette, Missouri State University, USA

• Introduction1. Early Nuclear Culture2. The Manhattan Project3. 1945 - 1950: Early Responses to the Bomb4. 1950 - 1958: Maturing Responses5. 1958 - 1979: Radicalised and Realist Responses6. 1979 - 1989: Extreme Realism7. 1989 - 2011: The Persistence of Nuclear Culture8. ConclusionTimelineBibliographyFurther ReadingNotesIndex

Jonathan Hogg is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of Using Primary Sources: A Practical Guide for Students (forthcoming).

At long last, a book that takes a long view of Britain's fascination with nuclear science. Jonathan Hogg takes us back to the Victorian age to show that British nuclear culture was born decades before the Cold War and that it flourishes to this day. Along the way, he takes in everything from H. G. Wells and Ewan MacColl to Morrissey and Alan Partridge. British Nuclear Culture will appeal to scholars and students of history, literature, politics and the mass media, and just about anyone interested in why and how Britain has lived with The Bomb. Tony Shaw, University of Hertfordshire We know the atomic bomb fundamentally transformed modern life, but Jonathan Hogg shows us that it did not do so in the same way everywhere. This is a important contribution to nuclear studies as it takes both nation and region seriously in the production of a nuclear culture. Hogg does not just follow expert concerns or defense policy debates, he also attends to the vernacular forms of local activisms across British cities and generations. British Nuclear Culture leads the way to a new comparative nuclear studies, and with it, a deeper understanding of the nuclear revolution. Joseph P. Masco, University of Chicago, USA This book offers a far-reaching critical analysis of the extensive reach of nuclear culture, and of the ripple effects that spread, like the concentric circles frequently used to represent an atomic blast, through almost every aspect of British life during the creation and maintenance of the nuclear state. Catherine Jolivette, Missouri State University, USA

• Introduction1. Early Nuclear Culture2. The Manhattan Project3. 1945 - 1950: Early Responses to the Bomb4. 1950 - 1958: Maturing Responses5. 1958 - 1979: Radicalised and Realist Responses6. 1979 - 1989: Extreme Realism7. 1989 - 2011: The Persistence of Nuclear Culture8. ConclusionTimelineBibliographyFurther ReadingNotesIndex

Jonathan Hogg is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is the author of Using Primary Sources: A Practical Guide for Students (forthcoming).

At long last, a book that takes a long view of Britain's fascination with nuclear science. Jonathan Hogg takes us back to the Victorian age to show that British nuclear culture was born decades before the Cold War and that it flourishes to this day. Along the way, he takes in everything from H. G. Wells and Ewan MacColl to Morrissey and Alan Partridge. British Nuclear Culture will appeal to scholars and students of history, literature, politics and the mass media, and just about anyone interested in why and how Britain has lived with The Bomb. Tony Shaw, University of Hertfordshire We know the atomic bomb fundamentally transformed modern life, but Jonathan Hogg shows us that it did not do so in the same way everywhere. This is a important contribution to nuclear studies as it takes both nation and region seriously in the production of a nuclear culture. Hogg does not just follow expert concerns or defense policy debates, he also attends to the vernacular forms of local activisms across British cities and generations. British Nuclear Culture leads the way to a new comparative nuclear studies, and with it, a deeper understanding of the nuclear revolution. Joseph P. Masco, University of Chicago, USA This book offers a far-reaching critical analysis of the extensive reach of nuclear culture, and of the ripple effects that spread, like the concentric circles frequently used to represent an atomic blast, through almost every aspect of British life during the creation and maintenance of the nuclear state. Catherine Jolivette, Missouri State University, USA

• Introduction1. Early Nuclear Culture2. The Manhattan Project3. 1945 - 1950: Early Responses to the Bomb4. 1950 - 1958: Maturing Responses5. 1958 - 1979: Radicalised and Realist Responses6. 1979 - 1989: Extreme Realism7. 1989 - 2011: The Persistence of Nuclear Culture8. ConclusionTimelineBibliographyFurther ReadingNotesIndex