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Autore |
Preston William <1924-> |
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Hope & folly : the United States and Unesco, 1945-1985 / / William Preston, Jr., Edward S. Herman, and Herbert I. Schiller ; preface by Sean MacBride ; introduction by Ellen Ray and William H. Schaap ; manuscript produced by the Institute for Media Analysis, Inc., New York, New York |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1989 |
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0-8166-5580-4 |
0-8166-1789-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HermanEdward S |
SchillerHerbert I. <1919-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Press - United States - Influence |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
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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 bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THE HISTORY OF U.S.-UNESCO RELATIONS; U.S. MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO; IS THERE A UNITED STATES INFORMATION POLICY?; APPENDIXES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hope and Folly was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Created in a burst of idealism after World War II, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) existed for forty years in a state of troubled yet often successful collaboration with one of its founders and benefactors, the United States. In 1980, UNESCO adopted the report of a commission that surveyed and criticized the dominanc |
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