Peace by Ken Kolsbun

Peace by Ken Kolsbun

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Summary

1960s nostalgia holds tremendous meaning today. And nothing more eloquently symbolizes the counterculture era than the peace sign

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Peace by Ken Kolsbun

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.
Ken Kolsbun is a photographer, writer, historian, peace activist, game inventor, landscape architect, baseball fan, bicyclist, mail-order catalog designer, husband, and father. Kolsbun continues to be active in the peace movement and is an authority on the peace symbol itself. Michael S. Sweeney is a professor of journalism at Utah State University. He is the award-winning author of the acclaimed book Secrets of Victory, which was named 2001 Book of the Year by the American Journalism Historians Association, and of the National Geographic book God Grew Tired of Us, with Jon Bul Dau.
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ISBN 13 9781426202940
ISBN 10 1426202946
Title Peace
Author Ken Kolsbun
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher National Geographic Society
Year published 2008-04-01
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.