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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828015903321

Autore

Lifton Robert Jay <1926->

Titolo

Death in life : survivors of Hiroshima / / Robert Jay Lifton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1991

ISBN

0-8078-8289-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (608 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/26

Soggetti

Nuclear warfare - Psychological aspects

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : Random House, c1967. With new pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Research and Researcher; 1 Hiroshima; 2 The Atomic Bomb Experience; 3 Invisible Contamination; 4 ""A-Bomb Disease""; 5 A-Bomb Man; 6 Atomic Bomb Leaders; 7 Residual Struggles: Trust, Peace, and Mastery; 8 Perceiving America; 9 Formulation: Self and World; 10 Creative Response: 1) ""A-Bomb Literature""; 11 Creative Response: 2) Artistic Dilemmas; 12 The Survivor; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; List of Survivors Quoted; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In Japan, ""hibakusha"" means ""the people affected by the explosion""--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1941. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.