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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457665603321

Titolo

Across the blocs : Cold War cultural and social history / / editors, Rana Mitter, Patrick Major

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-75567-1

1-280-28877-9

9786610288779

0-203-30740-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Cold War History

Altri autori (Persone)

MajorPatrick

MitterRana <1969->

Disciplina

909.82/5

Soggetti

Cold War

Cold War - Social aspects - Europe

Cold War - Social aspects - United States

Cold War - Social aspects - Soviet Union

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

Popular culture - Soviet Union - History - 20th century

Anti-communist movements - United States - History

Mass media - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Research institutes - United States - History - 20th century

Research institutes - Soviet Union - History - 20th century

Politics and culture - Soviet Union

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue of Cold War History (ISSN 1468-2745), Vol.4, No.1 (October 2003)"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; East is East and West is West?Towards a Comparative Socio-CulturalHistory of the Cold War; 'The Man Who Invented Truth': The Tenure of Edward R. Murrow as Director of the United States Information Agency during the Kennedy Years; Soviet Cinema in the Early Cold War:Pudovkin's Admiral Nakhimov in Context; Future Perfect? Communist Science Fiction inthe



Cold War; The Education of Dissent: The Reception of theVoice of Free Hungary, 1951-56; The Debate over Nuclear Refuge

'Some Writers are More Equal than Others':George Orwell, the State and Cold War PrivilegeAbstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.