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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Main Authors: Diehl, Chad
Published: Cornell University Press,
Publisher Address: Ithaca, New York :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Summary: 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.
ISBN: 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.