Atomic postcards : radioactive messages from the Cold War /

Atomic postcards : radioactive messages from the Cold War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	O'Brian, John, 1944-
Imprint:	Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2011, c2011.
Description:	188 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cold War in popular culture. Postcards. Political postcards. Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects. Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects. Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture. Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects. Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects. Political postcards. Postcards. Postcards.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8400855

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Radioactive messages from the Cold War
Other authors / contributors:	Borsos, Jeremy.
ISBN:	9781841504315 1841504319 9781841502465 1841502464
Summary:	"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 link the multilayered geographies of Atomic Age nationalism and tourism. From the unfailingly cheery slogans - 'Greetings from Los Alamos' - to blithe, handwritten notes and no-irony-intended 'Pray for Peace' postmarks, ... With 150 reproductions of cards and handwritten messages dating from the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the end of the Cold War, Atomic Postcards offers a fascination glimpse of a time when the end of the world seemed close at hand"--P. [4] of cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Recto | Verso
The Postcards
Catalogue
Acknowledgements