Lente, Dick van (Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan
Physical Details: x + 280 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Among the many technical innovations that were introduced after World War II, none left as strong an impression on the public as the atom bombs that destroyed two Japanese cities in August 1945. People spoke of the 'atomic age' that had now begun, as if this technological innovation would, all by itself, shape a new world. 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. Nuclear technology offered the promise of applications in medicine, agriculture, and engineering, and nuclear power could theoretically provide an unlimited supply of energy. This book demonstrates and attempts to explain how the popular media represented nuclear power, in its military and non-military forms. It focuses on the first two decades of the 'atomic age,' when national governments, military strategists, scientists, and the public attempted to come to terms with a technology that so drastically seemed to change the prospects for the future. Popular magazines, comics, newspapers, public exhibitions from across the world are examined to compare representations of nuclear power in different countries and to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
...MoreDescription Contents:
Chapter Lente, Dick van (2012) Introduction: A Transnational History of Popular Images and Narratives of Nuclear Technologies in the First Two Postwar Decades. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 1).
Chapter Zeman, Scott C. (2012) “To See ... Things Dangerous to Come To”: Life Magazine and the Atomic Age in the United States, 1945--1965. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 53).
Chapter Augustine, Dolores L. (2012) Learning from War: Media Coverage of the Nuclear Age in the Two Germanies. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 79).
Chapter Lente, Dick van (2012) Nuclear Power, World Politics, and a Small Nation: Narratives and Counternarratives in the Netherlands. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 149).
Chapter Utsumi, Hirofumi (2012) Nuclear Power Plants in “The Only A-bombed Country”: Images of Nuclear Power and the Nation's Changing Self-Portrait in Postwar Japan. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 175).
Chapter Augustine, Dolores; Lente, Dick van (2012) Conclusion: One World, Two Worlds, Many Worlds?. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 233).
Chapter Schmid, Sonja D. (2012) Shaping the Soviet Experience of the Atomic Age: Nuclear Topics in Ogonyok, 1945--1965. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 19).
Chapter Laucht, Christoph (2012) “Dawn---Or Dusk?”: Britain's Picture Post Confronts Nuclear Energy. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 117).
Chapter Bieber, Hans-Joachim (2012) Promises of Indian Modernity: Representations of Nuclear Technology in the Illustrated Weekly of India. In: The Nuclear Age in Popular Media: A Transnational History, 1945--1965 (p. 203).
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