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1 online resource (x, 405 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cultural studies of the United States
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Cultural studies of the United States.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-379) and index. |
| Contents |
The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America. |
| Summary |
Focusing 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 1920s through to the early years of the Cold War. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dictatorship.
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Dictatorship. |
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Democracy.
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Democracy. |
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Mass media -- United States -- Influence.
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Mass media. |
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United States. |
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Public opinion -- United States.
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Public opinion. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alpers, Benjamin Leontief, 1965- Dictators, democracy, and American public culture. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003 0807827509 0807854166 (DLC) 2002009193 (OCoLC)50028623 |
| ISBN |
0807861227 (electronic book) |
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9780807861226 (electronic book) |
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0807827509 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807827505 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807854166 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807854167 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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