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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1. Secularizing the Apocalypse 1
Chapter 2. Race, Technology, and the Apocalypse 19
Chapter 3. Postnuclear Fantasies 55
Chapter 4. Spaceship Earth 88
Chapter 5. The Politics of Science and Religion 114
Chapter 6. Postapocalyptic American Identity 142
Chapter 7. Post-9/ 11 Despair 167
Notes 195
Selected Bibliography 237
Index 257
Acknowledgments 265

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Chapter 1. Secularizing the Apocalypse 1
Chapter 2. Race, Technology, and the Apocalypse 19
Chapter 3. Postnuclear Fantasies 55
Chapter 4. Spaceship Earth 88
Chapter 5. The Politics of Science and Religion 114
Chapter 6. Postapocalyptic American Identity 142
Chapter 7. Post-9/ 11 Despair 167
Notes 195
Selected Bibliography 237
Index 257
Acknowledgments 265

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