LEADER 02907nam 22006372u 450 001 9910780367403321 005 20230124181441.0 010 $a979-88-908706-5-0 010 $a0-8078-6122-7 035 $a(CKB)111087027917614 035 $a(EBL)413220 035 $a(OCoLC)476236288 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146675 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100733 035 $a(PQKB)10110034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413220 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027917614 100 $a20100913d2003|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDictators, democracy, and American public culture$b[electronic resource] $eenvisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950s 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 225 1 $aCultural Studies of the United States 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2750-9 327 $aContents; Introduction; 1.The Romance of a Dictator: Dictatorship in American Public Culture, 1920's-1935; 2. The Totalitarian State: Modern Dictatorship as a New Form of Government, 1920's?1935; 3. The Disappearing Dictator: Declining Regard for Dictators Amid Growing Fears of Dictatorship, 1936-1941; 4. The Audience Itself is Drama: Dictatorship and the Regimented Crowd, 1936-1941; 5. Dictatorisms and Our Democracy: The Rise of Totalitarianism, 1936-1941; 6. This is the Army: The Problem of the Military in a Democracy, 1941-1945; 7. Here is Germany: Understanding the Nazi Enemy, 1941-1945 327 $a8. The Battle of Russia: The Russian People, Communism, and Totalitarianism, 1941-19459. A Boot Stamping on a Human Face--Forever: Totalitarianism as a Nightmare in Postwar America; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aFocusing on portrayals of European dictatorships in US films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches and other texts, this study traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920's through to the early years of the Cold War. 410 0$aCultural Studies of the United States 606 $aDemocracy 606 $aDictatorship 606 $aMass media 606 $aPublic opinion 606 $aPolitical Science 606 $aSocial Science 615 4$aDemocracy. 615 4$aDictatorship. 615 4$aMass media. 615 4$aPublic opinion. 615 4$aPolitical Science. 615 4$aSocial Science. 676 $a306.209730904 676 $a321.9 700 $aAlpers$b Benjamin L$01539139 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780367403321 996 $aDictators, democracy, and American public culture$93789783 997 $aUNINA