A Fearsome Heritage: Diverse Legacies of the Cold War

ISBN-13: 9781598742596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 333 str.

John Schofield; Wayne Cocroft; Wayne Cocroft

Opis

From massive nuclear test sites to the more subtle material realities of everyday life, the influence of the Cold War on modern culture has been profound and global. Fearsome Legacies unites innovative work on the interpretation and management of Cold War heritage from fields including archaeology, history, art and architecture, and cultural studies. Contributors understand material culture in its broadest sense, examining objects in outer space, domestic space, landscapes, and artistic spaces. They tackle interpretive challenges and controversies, including in museum exhibits, heritage sites, archaeological sites, and other historic and public venues. With over 150 color photos and illustrations, including a photographic essay, readers can feel the profound visual impact of this material culture.

Spis treści

1: Introduction: Cold War, diversity and contemporary archaeology; 2: The Cold War in context: Archaeological explorations of private, public and political complexity; 3: A paradox of peace: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) as world heritage; 4: Colonialism and the bomb in the Pacific; 5: An ideological vacuum: The Cold War in outer space; 6: Shaping military women since World War II; 7: Defining the national archaeological character of Cold War remains; 8: Greenham Common: The conservation and management of a Cold War archetype; 9: Out to the waste: Spadeadam and the Cold War; 10: Cood bay Forst Zinna; 11: The Berlin Wall: Border, fragment, world heritage?; 12: Cold War on the domestic front; 13: Voices in limbo: a conSPIracy cantata and The Buffer Zone; 14: The noise of war, the silence of the photograph; 15: Filming the end of the Cold War; 16: Reflections on nuclear submarines in the Cold War: Putting military technology in context for a history museum exhibit; 17: Archaeology of dissent: Landscape and symbolism at the Nevada Peace Camp

O autorze

Dr John Schofield, Wayne Cocroft