Atomic postcards : radioactive messages from the Cold War / by John O'Brian and Jeremy Borsos.

Main entry:

O'Brian, John, 1944-

Title & Author:

Atomic postcards : radioactive messages from the Cold War / by John O'Brian and Jeremy Borsos.

Publication:

Description:

188 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Recto/Verso / John O'Brian -- The postcards -- Catalogue -- Acknowledgements.

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"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781841504315
1841504319
9781841502465
1841502464

Subject:

Cold War in popular culture.
Postcards.
Political postcards.
Nuclear weapons Social aspects.
Nuclear warfare Social aspects.
Cartes postales politiques.
Armes nucléaires Aspect social.
Guerre nucléaire Aspect social.
Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture.

Form/genre:

Postcard.
Postcards.
Cartes postales.

Added entries:

Borsos, Jeremy.

Radioactive messages from the Cold War

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273107
Call No.: BIB 206570
Status: Available

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