American Futurism in the Atomic Era

American Futurism in the Atomic Era

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Introduction

Understanding the Development and Context of Futurism in the Cold War
            The History of Futurism: The Distant Past to the Second World War
            The History of Futurism: Pop Futurism - Urban Design, Streamline Design, and the World’s Fair
            Science and the Media: Atomic Research and Culture
            Democratization of the Sciences: The Changing Rhetoric of Science
            Cold War Anxieties over Science
            Consumer Culture
            The Future Studies Movement

Businesses Embrace Futurism

NASA
            Post-War Nuclear Research and Rocketry Advancement
            Space Race
            Marketing and the Public Opinion
            Visions of NASA and Reservations About the Space Program

Marketed Audiences
            Suburban American; Youth; Specialized: Scientists, Technologists, Industrial

Futurism by Theme 
            Communication        
            Transportation
            Weather Control
            Push-Button Technology
            For the Home
            "The Atomic Age" and Rocket Design
            Space Travel, Space Tourism, and Colonization

Conclusion 


Bibliography
 

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