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Atomic Postcards: Radioactive Messages from the Cold War

Intellect, Bristol, 2011

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Anno di pubblicazione
2011
ISBN
9781841504315
Pagine
188
Editori
Intellect, Bristol
Soggetto
Propaganda Photography
Descrizione
brossura
Lingue
Italiano
Legatura
Brossura

Descrizione

<P>Atomic postcards played an important role in creating and disseminating a public image of nuclear power. Presenting small-scale images of test explosions, power plants, fallout shelters, and long-range missiles, the cards were produced for mass audiences in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan, and they&#160;link the multilayered geographies of Atomic Age nationalism and tourism. From the unfailingly cheery slogans&#8212;&#8220;Greetings from Los Alamos&#8221;&#8212;to blithe, handwritten notes and no-irony-intended &#8220;Pray for Peace&#8221; postmarks, these postcards mailed from the edge of danger nonetheless maintain the upbeat language of their medium.<BR><BR>With 150 reproductions of cards and handwritten messages dating from the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the end of the Cold War, <I>Atomic Postcards </I>offers a fascinating glimpse of a time when the end of the world seemed close at hand.</P> — Testi: O'Brian John, Borsos Jeremy. pagg. 188; COL; rileg. brossura. Editore: Intellect, Bristol, 2011.