American Survivors - Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The little-known history of U.S. survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings reveals captivating trans-Pacific memories of war, illness, gender, and community.

List of contents

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Text; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Cities of Immigrants; 2. Remembering the Nuclear Holocaust; 3. Reconnecting Families; 4. War and Work Across the Pacific; 5. Finding Survivorhood; 6. Endlessness of Radiation Illness; Epilogue; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Naoko Wake is Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. A historian of gender, sexuality, and illness in the Pacific region, she has authored Private Practices: Harry Stack Sullivan, the Science of Homosexuality, and American Liberalism and co-authored with Shinpei Takeda Hiroshima/Nagasaki Beyond the Ocean. She was born and raised in Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Naoko (Michigan State University) Wake, Wake Naoko
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.01.2024
• EAN: 9781108799904
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79990-4
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); USA, Japan, Oral History, HISTORY / United States / General, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Nuclear weapons, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)