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Autore |
Laugesen Amanda |
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Titolo |
Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war / / Amanda Laugesen |
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Amherst ; ; Boston : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (pages cm.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in print culture and the history of the book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Book industries and trade - United States - History - 20th century |
Publishers and publishing - History - 20th century |
Translations - Publishing - History - 20th century |
Books and reading - History - 20th century |
Cultural diplomacy - United States - History - 20th century |
Cold War |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction. American Cold War book empires -- Books for a new war -- Book diplomacy in the Middle East -- A world of books, an empire of books -- Book work as modernization -- Book modernization in Africa and Latin America -- The decline and end of Franklin Book Programs -- Conclusion. Assessing the legacy. |
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