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British Nuclear Culture: Official and Unofficial Narratives in the Long 20th Century Hogg, Dr Jonathan (Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool, UK)
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British Nuclear Culture: Official and Unofficial Narratives in the Long 20th Century
Hogg, Dr Jonathan (Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool, UK)
British Nuclear Culture is an important survey that traces the tensions between the more familiar official narratives and the under-researched, unofficial narratives that emerged especially strongly in the late 1950s.
Hogg argues that nuclear culture was a pervasive and persistent aspect of British life, particularly post 1945; an idea that is illustrated through the detailed analysis of various primary source materials, such as newspaper articles, government files, fictional texts, films, art, music and oral testimonies. Many of these sources have never been published before and so the book offers original research and introduces many unfamiliar sources to students in the field.
Chronologically arranged, the book reflects upon, and returns to, a number of key themes throughout, including nuclear fear; government policy, rhetoric and ?nukespeak'; individual experience in the nuclear age; and the relationship between nuclear science and democracy. There are also individual case studies, a detailed timeline, a further reading list and an extensive bibliography included.
256 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 28, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781441141330 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 249 × 242 × 21 mm · 526 g |
| Language | English |
