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Author Barnhisel, Greg, 1969- author.

Title Cold War modernists : art, literature, and American cultural diplomacy, 1946-1959 / Greg Barnhisel ; cover design, Lisa Force.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Freedom, individualism, modernism -- "Advancing American art" : modernist painting and public-private partnerships -- Cold warriors of the book : American book programs in the 1950s -- Encounter magazine and the twilight of modernism -- Perspectives USA and the economics of Cold War modernism -- American modernism in American broadcasting : the voice of (middlebrow) America.
Summary "An examination of the legacy of modernism as a cultural movement and propaganda tool during the Cold War and the 1950s in America"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Modernism (Aesthetics) -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Propaganda -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Propaganda.
Cold War -- Political aspects -- United States.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Art -- Political aspects.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Politics and literature.
United States -- Cultural policy.
Cultural policy.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Intellectual life.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1945-1953
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
Chronological Term 1953-1961
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Force, Lisa, cover designer.
Other Form: Print version: Barnhisel, Greg, 1969- Cold War modernists. New York : Columbia University Press, 2015 9780231162302 (DLC) 2014017122 (OCoLC)892620154
ISBN 9780231538626 (e-book)
0231538626 (e-book)
9780231162302
0231162308
9780231162302
Music No. EB00640363 Recorded Books