The Nuclear Age in Popular Media

A Transnational History, 1945¿1965
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-34364-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nuklearer Strahlenschutz, Nuklearenergie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: a Transnational History of Popular Images and Narratives of Nuclear Technologies in the First Two Post-war Decades; D.van Lente Shaping the Soviet Experience of the Atomic Age: Nuclear Topics in Ogonyok, 1945-1965; S.D.Schmid 'To See. Things Dangerous to Come to': Life Magazine and the Atomic Age in the United States, 1945-1965; S.C.Zeman Learning from War: Media Coverage of the Nuclear Age in the Two Germanies; D.L.Augustine 'Dawn - Or Dusk?': Britain's Picture Post Confronts Nuclear Energy; C.Laucht Nuclear Power, World Politics, and a Small Nation: Narratives and Counter-narratives in the Netherlands; D.van Lente Nuclear Power Plants in 'the Only A-bombed Country': Images of Nuclear Power and Nation's Changing Self-portrait in Post-war Japan; H.Utsumi Promises of Indian Modernity: Representations of Nuclear Technology in the Illustrated Weekly of India; H-J.Bieber Conclusion: One World, Two Worlds, Many Worlds?; D.Augustine & D.van Lente

Über Autor(innen)

DICK VAN LENTE is an Associate Professor of History at Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.