LEADER 04228nam 2200745I 450 001 9910828284003321 005 20190902193223.0 010 $a0-85773-838-0 010 $a1-350-98737-9 010 $a0-7556-2013-5 010 $a0-85773-839-9 010 $a1-78673-991-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755620135 035 $a(CKB)4330000000002329 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4444020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4531786 035 $a(OCoLC)979242383 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4531786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11364166 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL922854 035 $a(OCoLC)1114468938 035 $a(UkLoBP)9781350987371 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000002329 100 $a20160926d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cultural left and the Reagan era $eU.S. protest and Central American Revolution /$fby Nick Witham 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (218 pages) 225 1 $aPolitics & international relations 311 $a1-78453-149-9 311 $a1-78453-196-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Introduction: Rethinking the Cultural Left in the Reagan Era Section I : Intellectual Culture -- 1. Walter LaFeber, Gabriel Kolko and the Activist History of American Empire -- 2. Verso Books and Transnational Solidarity Section II : Press Culture -- 3. The Nation and Nicaragua -- 4. The Guardian, the Solidarity Movement and El Salvador Section III -- 5. Anti-Interventionist Cinema at Hollywood's Margins -- 6. International Feminism, Documentary Filmmaking and Central American Revolutionary Struggle -- Conclusion ; Rememebering Central America Activism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"American dependence on foreign oil has long been described as a serious threat to U.S. national security, and continues to be a political flashpoint even as domestic fracking eases the US' reliance on imported energy. Oil and American Identity offers a fresh perspective on the subject by reframing 'energy dependency' as a cultural discourse with intimate connections to American views on independence, freedom, consumption, abundance, progress and American exceptionalism. Through a detailed reading of primary literature, Sebastian Herbstreuth also shows how the dangers of foreign oil are linked to American descriptions of foreign oil producers as culturally different und thus 'undependable'. Herbstreuth shows how even reliable imports from the Middle East are portrayed as dangerous and undesirable because this region is particularly 'foreign' from an American point of view, while oil from friendly countries like Canada is cast as a benign form of energy trade. Oil and American Identity rewrites the history of U.S. foreign oil dependence as a cultural history of the United States in the 20th century."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aPolitics & international relations (Bloomsbury Publishing) 606 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPetroleum industry and trade$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aAmerican Government and Politics 606 $aMiddle East Politics 606 $aPolitics & International Relations 606 $2International relations 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 615 0$aEnergy policy 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPetroleum industry and trade$xPublic opinion. 615 4$aAmerican Government and Politics 615 4$aMiddle East Politics 615 4$aPolitics & International Relations 676 $a973.927 676 $a333.790973 700 $aHerbstreuth$b Sebastian$01727978 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828284003321 996 $aThe cultural left and the Reagan era$94135925 997 $aUNINA