Resurrecting Nagasaki : reconstruction and the formation of atomic narratives /

Diehl, Chad,

Resurrecting Nagasaki : reconstruction and the formation of atomic narratives / Chad R. Diehl. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource. - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 politics of urban identity.

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 ...



9781501709432

2017025760


Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb victims--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
Collective memory--Japan--Nagasaki-shi.
City planning--History--Japan--Nagasaki-shi--20th century.


Electronic Books.

DS897 / .R478 2018