Cargando…

Understanding the imaginary war : Culture, thought and nuclear conflict, 1945-90 /

Presents a comparative overview of the cultural imaginations of nuclear weapons and the anticipation of nuclear destruction. It considers representations of elements of the Cold War in popular culture and thought across Europe, Japan, USSR and the USA, providing a significant addition to Cold War hi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ziemann, Benjamin (Editor ), Grant, Matthew, 1980- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 musev2_51557
003 MdBmJHUP
005 20230905045456.0
006 m o d
007 cr||||||||nn|n
008 160824s2016 enk o 00 0 eng d
020 |a 9781526101327 
020 |z 9781526101334 
020 |z 9781784994402 
020 |z 9781526131904 
035 |a (OCoLC)981603408 
040 |a MdBmJHUP  |c MdBmJHUP 
245 0 0 |a Understanding the imaginary war :   |b Culture, thought and nuclear conflict, 1945-90 /   |c edited by Matthew Grant, Benjamin Ziemann. 
264 1 |a Manchester :  |b Manchester University Press,  |c 2016. 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2017 
264 4 |c ©2016. 
300 |a 1 online resource (328 pages):   |b illustrations (black and white) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 0 |a Cultural history of modern war 
505 0 |a Introduction. The cold war as an imaginary war -- Matthew Grant and Benjamin Ziemann 1. The apocalyptic fiction: shaping the future in the cold war -- Eva Horn 2. Building peace, fearing the apocalypse: Nuclear danger in Soviet cold war culture, 1945-91 -- Miriam Dobson 3. Nuclear themes in American culture, 1945 to the present -- Paul Boyer 4. The imaginative landscape of nuclear war in Britain, 1945-65 -- Matthew Grant 5. German angst? Debating cold war anxieties in West Germany, 1945-90 -- Benjamin Ziemann 6. After Hiroshima. Günther Anders and the history of anti-nuclear critique -- Jason Dawsey 7. Hiroshima/Nagasaki, civil rights and anti-war protest in Japan's cold war -- Ann Sheriff 8. Catholic anti-communism, the bomb and perceptions of apocalypse in West Germany and the USA, 1945-90 -- Daniel Gerster 9. 'The nuclear arms race is psychological at its roots.' Physicians and their therapies for the Cold War -- Claudia Kemper 10. Imagining the apocalypse: nuclear winter in science and the world -- Paul Rubinson 11. Images of nuclear war in U.S. government films from the early cold war -- Lars Nowak Index. 
520 |a Presents a comparative overview of the cultural imaginations of nuclear weapons and the anticipation of nuclear destruction. It considers representations of elements of the Cold War in popular culture and thought across Europe, Japan, USSR and the USA, providing a significant addition to Cold War historiography. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 7 |a Ost-West-Konflikt  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Atomare Rüstung  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Atomkrieg  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Kernwaffe  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a War.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01170328 
650 7 |a Nuclear warfare  |x Social aspects.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01040951 
650 7 |a Imaginary wars and battles.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00967580 
650 7 |a Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01906903 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a SOCIAL SCIENCE  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a wars.  |2 aat 
650 7 |a armed conflicts.  |2 aat 
650 6 |a Guerres et batailles imaginaires. 
650 6 |a Guerre nucleaire  |x Aspect social. 
650 6 |a Guerre. 
650 6 |a Guerre froide. 
650 0 |a Imaginary wars and battles. 
650 0 |a Cold War in popular culture. 
650 0 |a Nuclear warfare  |x Social aspects. 
650 0 |a War. 
650 0 |a Cold War. 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
700 1 |a Ziemann, Benjamin,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Grant, Matthew,  |d 1980-  |e editor. 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/51557/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection