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Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
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Description for Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
Paperback. An examination of the cartoons that helped shape American comprehension of the Atomic Age Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AKLC; HBJK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues of atomic power. Atomic Comics examines how comic books, comic strips, and other cartoon media represented the Atomic Age from the early 1920s to the present. Through the exploits of superhero figures such as Atomic Man and Spiderman, as well as an array of nuclear adversaries and atomic-themed adventures, the public acquired a new scientific vocabulary and discovered the major controversies surrounding nuclear science. Ferenc Morton Szasz’s thoughtful analysis of the themes, content, and imagery of scores ... Read more
The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues of atomic power. Atomic Comics examines how comic books, comic strips, and other cartoon media represented the Atomic Age from the early 1920s to the present. Through the exploits of superhero figures such as Atomic Man and Spiderman, as well as an array of nuclear adversaries and atomic-themed adventures, the public acquired a new scientific vocabulary and discovered the major controversies surrounding nuclear science. Ferenc Morton Szasz’s thoughtful analysis of the themes, content, and imagery of scores ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874179187
SKU
V9780874179187
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Unknown
Regents Professor of History, Ferenc Morton Szasz taught at the University of New Mexico, USA for forty-three years. Renowned for his wide-ranging interests, in his teaching and scholarship he focused on American social and intellectual history, thereby embracing the history of American religion, World War II, and the Atomic Age. The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the ... Read more
Reviews for Atomic Comics: Cartoonists Confront the Nuclear World
This volume proves that 'small is beautiful' and can be significant. In only 136 pages, the late Szasz provides a fascinating account of the depiction of atomic warfare and energy in US and Japanese comics and cartoons. …Some of what Szasz reveals is downright scary: the extreme censorship of WW II and the devastating impacts of American nuclear testing and ... Read more