The Nuclear Age in Popular Media [electronic resource] : A Transnational History, 1945–1965 /
Lente, Dick van.editor.
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.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Content""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: A Transnational History of Popular Images and Narratives of Nuclear Technologies in the First Two Postwar Decades""; ""Chapter 2 Shaping the Soviet Experience of the Atomic Age: Nuclear Topics in Ogonyok, 1945-1965""; ""Chapter 3 ""To See ... Things Dangerous to Come to"": Life Magazine and the Atomic Age in the United States, 1945-1965""; ""Chapter 4 Learning from War: Media Coverage of the Nuclear Age in the Two Germanies""
""Chapter 5 ""Dawn-Or Dusk"": Britain's Picture Post Confronts Nuclear Energy""""Chapter 6 Nuclear Power, World Politics, and a Small Nation: Narratives and Counternarratives in the Netherlands""; ""Chapter 7 Nuclear Power Plants in ""The Only A-bombed Country"": Images of Nuclear Power and the Nation's Changing Self-portrait in Postwar Japan""; ""Chapter 8 Promises of Indian Modernity: Representations of Nuclear Technology in the Illustrated Weekly of India""; ""Chapter 9 Conclusion: One World, Two Worlds, Many Worlds?""
""Appendix I: Picture Essay: Images of Nuclear Power in Illustrated Magazines""""Appendix II: Nuclear Issues in Eight Countries, 1945-1965""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""
Includes index.
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.
World history.
America-History.
History.
Civilization-History.
Environmental protection.
Social history.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
History of the Americas.
History of Science.
Cultural History.
Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.
Social History.