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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796374603321

Titolo

The unfinished atomic bomb : shadows and reflections / / edited by David Lowe, Cassandra Atherton and Alyson Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-5021-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 pages)

Collana

New Studies in Modern Japan

Disciplina

355.8251190952

Soggetti

Atomic bomb - Japan - History

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945

Nagasaki-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : an unfinished atomic bomb / David Lowe, Cassandra Atherton, and Alyson Miller -- Defending the indefensible : the tragic life of Hiroshima pilot Paul Tibbets, Jr. / Peter J. Kuznick -- Article 9 as memorial / Carolyn Stevens -- Atomic bomb literature for children : Tatsuharu Kodama's the lunch box and Shin's tricycle / Alyson Miller -- Fading lights : digital visualization and the legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / Mick Broderick -- Two-way mirror : the significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the U.S.-North Korea nuclear crisis / Adam Broinowski -- Hibaku Jumoku, nature, and Hiroshima's recovery after the A-bomb / Glenn Moore -- "In the shadow of the cloud" : Hibakusha poets as public intellectuals / Cassandra Atherton -- The flowers of Hiroshima / Monica Braw -- The Manhattan Project Historical National Park / David Lowe -- Hi-roshimon : what we see when we look at Hiroshima / Robert Jacobs.

Sommario/riassunto

"This collection examines how the use of the atomic bomb in Japan has been memorialized. The contributors analyze the cultural legacies of the atomic bomb in political, historical, literary, and artistic contexts"--