1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911104049503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2004

ISBN

1-135-75566-3

1-135-75567-1

1-280-28877-9

9786610288779

0-203-30740-2

9780203307403

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

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911108620903321

Autore

Bolick Clint

Titolo

Voucher wars : waging the legal battle over school choice / / Clint Bolick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Cato Institute, c2003

ISBN

9786611905682

9781281905680

1281905682

9781933995472

1933995475

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

344.73/076

344.73076

Soggetti

Educational vouchers - Law and legislation - United States

School choice - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Laying the Groundwork; 2. Polly; 3. False Starts; 4. And Then There Were Five; 5. Valley Forge; 6. One in the Bank; 7. A Blizzard of Decisions; 8. Battles Within and Without; 9. The Road to the Supremes; 10. D-Day; 11. Road



Ahead; 12. Lessons; Appendix; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Sommario/riassunto

Set against the backdrop of a monopoly public school system that consigns millions of disadvantaged children to educational inequality, the recent Cleveland school vouchers case, appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, has brought this issue to national attention.