Atomic Postcards
：Radioactive Messages from the Cold War
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Publication subTitle ：Radioactive Messages from the Cold War
Publication series ：1
Author： O'Brian John;Borsos Jeremy
Publisher： Intellect
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9781841505275
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781841504315
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781841504315
Subject： I1 World Literature;I106.8 Childrens Literature;J1 Overview of World Art;N49 popular editions
Keyword： 世界文学,世界各国艺术概况
Language： ENG
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Description
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, these postcards mailed from the edge of danger nonetheless maintain the upbeat language of their medium. 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 fascinating glimpse of a time when the end of the world seemed close at hand.