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Book Title
Across the Blocs : Cold War Cultural and Social History
ISBN
9780714684642
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
0714684643
ISBN-13
9780714684642
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5981829

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Across the Blocs : Exploring Comparative Cold War Cultural and Social History
Subject
Political Process / Media & Internet, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Military / General, Popular Culture, Security (National & International)
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Author
Rana Mitter
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Series
Cold War History Ser.
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2003-013159
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'Historical science would do well to emphasize the status of ther east-West conflict as a struggle for cultural meaning - as a 'war of intellects'. This book helps that process.'  Jost Dulffer, 'Historical science would do well to emphasize the status of ther east-West conflict as a struggle for cultural meaning - as a 'war of intellects'. This book helps that process.' Jost Dulffer
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
909.82/5
Table Of Content
1. East is East and West is West?: Towards a comparative sociocultural history of the Cold War 2. The Man Who Invented Truth: The tenure of Edward R. Murrow as director of the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy years 3. Soviet Cinema in the Early Cold War 4. Future Perfect?: Communist science fiction in the Cold War 5. The Education of Dissent: Radio free Europe and Hungarian society, 1951-56 6. The Debate over Nuclear Refuge 7. Some Writers Are More Equal Than Others: George Orwell, the state and Cold War propaganda
Synopsis
This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West bloc divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting, public opinion, and the production and consumption of popular culture., This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West block divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting, public opinion, and the production and consumption of popular culture., This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history.
LC Classification Number
D843.A383 2003

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