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Book Title
A Hero for the Atomic Age
Title
A Hero for the Atomic Age
Subtitle
Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
Contributor
Francis Robinson (Series edited by)
EAN
9781788742757
ISBN
9781788742757
Genre
Films & TV
Topic
Society & Culture
Release Date
29/12/2017
Release Year
2017
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Length
150mm
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition
Item Height
225mm
Author
Axel Andersson
Publisher
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Item Width
150mm
Subject
Anthropology, History
Item Weight
410g
Number of Pages
260 Pages

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In English and many other languages the name Kon-Tiki is a byword for adventure and the exotic. The journey of the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 became one of the founding myths of the postwar world. In the voyage of six Scandinavians and a parrot on a balsa raft across the Pacific Ocean the classic journey of discovery was re-invented for generations to come. Kon-Tiki spoke of heroism, masculinity, free-spirited rebellion against scientific dogmatism, and the promise of an attainable exotic world, while it updated these mythological staples to fit the times. After years of relentless media exploitation of the 101-day raft journey, Heyerdahl emerged as the protagonist in a legend that helped to create a new postwar West. A Hero for the Atomic Age tells the story of how Heyerdahl organized an expedition to sail a balsa raft from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic narrative that became imbued with a universal appeal. The book also addresses the problematic nature of Heyerdahl's theory that a white culture-bearing race had initiated all the world's great civilizations.

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Publisher
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN-13
9781788742757
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3046651793

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Author
Axel Andersson
Publication Name
A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology, History
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
260 Pages

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Item Height
225mm
Item Width
150mm
Item Weight
410g

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Axel Andersson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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