Envisioning Nagasaki: from ‘atomic wasteland’ to ‘international cultural city’, 1945–1950

• Published in: Urban history Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 497 - 516
• Main Author: DIEHL, CHAD R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2014; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Subjects: Balancing; Bombings; Cities; Destruction; Global Cities; Hiroshima, Japan; Identity; Memory; Nuclear weapons; Postwar reconstruction; Reconstruction; Sheds; Urban Areas; Vision; World War II; Nagasaki Japan

This article looks at the first five years of reconstruction in Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of 9 August 1945, elucidating how the municipal vision of reconstruction shaped the city's post-war urban identity, especially in comparison to Hiroshima. From early on, city officials envisio...