Watching the bombs go off: Photography, nuclear landscapes, and spectator democracy

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Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-255

  Kirsch, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0031409999     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8330.00045     Document Type: Article

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