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Nuclear Age in Popular Media
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Description for Nuclear Age in Popular Media
Hardcover. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; PDR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230340909
SKU
V9780230340909
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99-15
About N/A
DICK VAN LENTE is an Associate Professor of History at Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Reviews for Nuclear Age in Popular Media
"The Nuclear Age in Popular Media successfully shows the need to think critically about the contents and flows of discourses on nuclear technology from comparative and transnational perspectives that are often overlooked. This book should become required reading for scholars in the fields of rhetoric, media studies, and history as well as science, technology, and society." - International Journal of ... Read more