"Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki : Rethinking the Bombings towards a Post-Survivor World

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.