Barefoot Gen. Vol. 08, Merchants of Death
San Francisco, Calif. : Last Gasp of San Francisco, [2008]
Format: Book
Description: 256 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
"Volume eight opens in 1950. Gen is now in middle school, where he meets both a progressive-minded schoolteacher at odds with his conservative superiors, and a brilliant but cynical classmate who challenges the teacher's-- and Gen's-- values at every turn. Gen also finds himself confronting the corrosive effects of drugs and the arms industry on postwar Hiroshima society. With the Korean War offering new business opportunities, a new generation of death merchants holds sway in Japan. Gen, his mentor, and peace-minded citizens are forced to struggle against red-baiting school officials, violent nationalists, and government censorship"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects:
School children -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Peace movements -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English.
Graphic novels.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
School children -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Peace movements -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English.
Graphic novels.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9780867195996
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
GN MANGA Barefoot V.8 | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Graphic Novel | In |
"First published under the title: Hadashi no Gen in Japan 1993"--Title page verso.