Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb

by Robert Jacobs and Robert Jacobs

Book Overview

From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public and investigating the implications of nuclear weapons to the future of human civilization. Political and social forces often seemed paralyzed in thinking beyond the advent of nuclear weapons and articulating a creative response to the dilemma posed by this apocalyptic technology. Art and popular culture are uniquely suited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739135570
• ISBN13: 9780739135570
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"