Resurrecting Nagasaki : reconstruction and the formation of atomic narratives /
In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl examines the reconstruction of Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Diehl illuminates the genesis of narratives surrounding the bombing by following the people and groups who contributed to the city's rise from the ashes and shaped it...
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Cornell University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Ithaca, New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2018. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl examines the reconstruction of Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Diehl illuminates the genesis of narratives surrounding the bombing by following the people and groups who contributed to the city's rise from the ashes and shaped its postwar image in Japan and the world. Municipal officials, survivor-activist groups, the Catholic community, and American occupation officials interpreted the destruction and envisioned the reconstruction of the city from different and sometimes disparate perspectives. Each group's narrative situated |
Carrier Form: | xv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781501714962 1501714961 9781501709432 1501709437 |
Index Number: | DS897 |
CLC: | K313.9 |
Call Number: | K313.9/D559 |
Contents: | Introduction : valley of visions -- Envisioning "Nagasaki" : the rise of the municipal vision of reconstruction -- Coexisting in the valley of death : American soldiers and Nagasaki residents during the occupation -- The "saint" of Urakami : Nagai Takashi and early representations of the atomic experience -- Writing Nagasaki : the occupation publishing industry, Nagasaki no kane, and atomic narratives -- Walls of silence : the postwar lives and memory activism of the hibakusha -- Ruins of memory : the Urakami cathedral and the politics of urban identity -- Conclusion : valley of memories. |