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Author Kolsbun, Ken.

Title Peace : the biography of a symbol / Ken Kolsbun with Mike Sweeney.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2008]
©2008
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 2nd FL Social Science Library Books  JZ5574 .K68 2008    Available
Collation 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Contents The 1950s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s through today.
Summary Nothing more eloquently symbolizes the counterculture era than the peace sign. How did this simple sketch become so powerful an image? This book, published on the 50th anniversary of its creation, tells the surprising story of the sign in words and pictures, from its origins in the nuclear disarmament efforts of the late 1950s to its adoption by the antiwar movement of the 1960s, through its stint as a mass-marketed commodity and its enduring relevance now.--From publisher description.
Subject Peace movements -- History -- 20th century.
Peace movements -- History -- 21st century.
Signs and symbols -- History -- 20th century.
Signs and symbols -- History -- 21st century.
Protest movements -- History -- 20th century.
Protest movements -- History -- 21st century.
Antinuclear movement -- History.
Symbolism in politics.
Alt Author Sweeney, Michael S.
ISBN 9781426202940
1426202946