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01757aam a2200301Ia 4500 001 D4CB15BCEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111004010313 008 101015s2011 enka 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1841504319 020 $a 9781841504315 035 $a (OCoLC)670480340 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d SILO $d BWX $d CDX $d UNL $d KSU $d CFI $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a NC1878.N83 $b O27 2011 100 1 $a O'Brian, John, $d 1944- 245 1 $a Atomic postcards : $b radioactive messages from the Cold War / $c by John O'Brian and Jeremy Borsos. 246 30 $a Radioactive messages from the Cold War 260 $a Bristol ; $b Intellect, $c 2011. 300 $a 188 p. ; $b ill. (chiefly col.) ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Atomic postcards played an important role in creating and disseminating a public image of nuclear power. Presenting small-scale images of test explosions, power plants, fallout shelters, and long-range missiles, the cards were produced for mass audiences in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan and link the multilayered geographies of Atomic Age nationalism and tourism. From the unfailingly cheery slogans - 'Greetings from Los Alamos' - to blithe, handwritten notes and no-irony-intended 'Pray for Peace' postmarks. [...] 150 reproductions of cards and handwritten messages dating from the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the end of the Cold War" -- Back cover. 650 0 $a Cold War in popular culture. 650 0 $a Postcards. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Nuclear warfare $x Social aspects. 700 1 $a Borsos, Jeremy. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106054254.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D4CB15BCEE4E11E0BFB3B9EB6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search