"Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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- ISBN 9781350378445
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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ith 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this timely study
focuses on the challenge of keisho or "inheritance" and the way a new generation of
scholars and activists is re-examining the meaning of the A-bomb and the 80-year history
of commemoration and activism in the stricken cities. Comprising a team of scholars
based in the USA and Japan, many of whom are academics from this new generation, The
"Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki takes a critical look at a range of historical topics
from the 80-year history of post-atomic Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and beyond.
By examining both global connections and the local history of the two cities, this book
extricates memory from a national Japanese perspective, rethinking the history of survivors,
their experience, and their movement and exploring material culture and the problem of
inheritance and legacy.
Maika Nakao is Associate Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan. She received her Ph.D. in history of science from the University of Tokyo and is an expert on the nuclear history of Japan. She worked at Nagasaki University from 2018 to 2021 and co-edited the book, Seventy-five Years after the Atomic Bombing: Tracing Records and Memories of Nagasaki (Shoshi Tsukumo, 2021).
Masaya Nemoto is Associate Professor at Matsuyama University, Japan. His 2018 book written in Japanese, Hiroshima Paradokusu: Senngo Nihon no Hankaku to Jindoishiki (Hiroshima Paradox: Anti-nuclear and Humanistic Conscience in Post-war Japan) won prizes from Japanese academic societies.
Ran Zwigenberg is Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He has published multiple works on Hiroshima, beginning with his 2014 prize-winning monograph, Hiroshima: The Rise of Global Memory Culture, which addresses survivor politics, trauma, and heritage issues.
