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Autore: | Wulf Andrew James <1971-> |
Titolo: | U.S. international exhibitions during the Cold War : winning hearts and minds through cultural diplomacy / / Andrew James Wulf |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73009/04 |
Soggetto topico: | Cultural diplomacy - United States - History - 20th century |
Traveling exhibitions - Political aspects - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
United States Relations | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | From megafauna to megashows to the MoMA : a historical overview of U.S. cultural exhibitions abroad -- Confusion makes its masterpiece : U.S. participation in 1950s trade fairs -- A "carefully planned bombardment" : the American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959 -- Of pleasure domes and moon rocks : the U.S. at the Montreal and Esaka expos, 1965-1970 -- The unfinished reality of our revolutionary experiment : the World of Franklin and Jefferson, 1971-1977. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book advances an understanding of cultural diplomacy that examines a single area of government and private sector partnership, and what became in the mid-twentieth century the most prominent manifestation of this alliance-the cultural exhibitions sent abroad to "tell America's story" with the goal of "winning hearts and minds." |
Altri titoli varianti: | US international exhibitions during the Cold War |
United States international exhibitions during the Cold War | |
Titolo autorizzato: | U.S. international exhibitions during the Cold War |
ISBN: | 1-4422-4643-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910797528703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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