A Historiographical and Pedagogical Pursuit of the United States in the Atomic Era

Authors

Isabel Polletta, Bard College

Degree

Master of Arts in Teaching in History

Files

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Table of Contents

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………...3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………...29

III. Textbook Critique……………………………..41

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………..43

V. Bibliography…………………………………....46

Keywords

Cold War, Pacific History, Atomic testing, HIstoriography

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | History of the Pacific Islands | Oral History | Political History | Social History | United States History

Comments

Updated Links to Primary Documents:

Bikini Natives Leaving for Rongerik (1946): https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1303446

American Foreign Policy 1950-1955: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm

“Events on Rongelap”: https://dra.american.edu/islandora/object/thesesdissertations:2964

Recommended Citation

Polletta, Isabel, "A Historiographical and Pedagogical Pursuit of the United States in the Atomic Era" (2021). History - Master of Arts in Teaching. 19.
https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/history_mat/19