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Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America
Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America
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is a captivating look at the culture of postwar America and its dream of limitless technological and human development. Utilizing declassified government archives, newspaper records, ad campaigns, and B-movies of the period, Hollings weaves an intricate web of Cold War politics, UFO scares, psychedelic research, and 1950s pop culture. From the atom bomb and suburban planning to the space race and little-green-men movies,
shows the startling connections between science fact and science fiction, a feedback loop in which real technological advances and government experimentation gave rise to science fiction fantasy, which then fed new innovation and research.
Introduction: Scenes From A History As Yet Unwritten
Chapter 11947: Rebuilding Lemuria
Chapter 21948: Flying Saucers Over America
Chapter 31949: Behaviour Modification
Chapter 41950: Cheapness And Splendour
Chapter 51951: Absolute Elsewhere
Chapter 61952: Red Planet
Chapter 71953: Other Tongues, Other Flesh
Chapter 81954: Meet The Monsters
Chapter 91955: Popular Mechanics
Chapter 101956: 'Greetings, My Friend!'
Chapter 111957: Contact With Space
Chapter 121958: Mass Hysteria
Chapter 131959: Teenagers From Outer Space
Conclusion: Thinking the Unthinkable
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations