Resurrecting Nagasaki : : Reconstruction and the Formation of Atomic Narratives / / Chad R. Diehl.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Diehl, Chad R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.) :; 15 b&w halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: VALLEY OF VISIONS --; 1 ENVISIONING NAGASAKI --; 2 COEXISTING IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH --; 3 THE “SAINT” OF URAKAMI --; 4 WRITING NAGASAKI --; 5 WALLS OF SILENCE --; 6 RUINS OF MEMORY --; Conclusion: VALLEY OF MEMORIES --; Notes --; Index --; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501709432; 9783110649826; 9783110606553; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604030; 9783110603149
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501709432
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Chad R. Diehl.

In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl explores the genesis of narratives surrounding the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945, by following the individuals and groups who contributed to the shaping of Nagasaki City's postwar identity. Municipal officials, survivor-activist groups, the Catholic community, and American occupation officials all interpreted the destruction and reconstruction of the city from different, sometimes disparate perspectives. Diehl's analysis reveals how these atomic narratives shaped both the way Nagasaki rebuilt and the ways in which popular discourse on the atomic bombings framed the city's experience for decades.