The collective memory of the atomic bombings misrecognized as objective history: The case of the public opposition to the national air and space museum’s atom bomb exhibit

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 316-347

  Prosise, Theodore O ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032374375     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570319809374613     Document Type: Article

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