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First edition. |
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1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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Explorations in culture and international history ; volume 8
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Explorations in culture and international history series ; volume 8.
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Summary |
"In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest. At the same time, they were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. Examining how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes, this book offers groundbreaking international research which shows that U.S. power came to depend more and more not on military superiority or economic strength alone, but also on America's ability to create appealing pictures that assured recognition of its global leadership"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Why Empires Need Pictures -- Part I: The Rise of the Visual Age -- The Picture State and Its Innovators -- Contact Points with Empire and the Globalizing of Media -- Part II: Picturing Empire -- Prosperity : Official Visits to the United States -- Progress : Popular Aspirations, the Global South, and the Politics of Imagination -- Peace : Space Flights as "Pictorial Acts" -- Power : Global Media and the Other History of the Vietnam War -- Conclusion: From Nixon to Obama, or, The Legacy of the 1960s. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
Chronological Term |
1961-1963 |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969.
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Chronological Term |
1963-1969 |
Subject |
Pictures -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Pictures. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Globalization -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Globalization -- Political aspects. |
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Imperialism -- History -- 20th century.
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Imperialism. |
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History. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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Mass media -- Political aspects. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Kunkel, Sönke. Empire of pictures. First edition. New York : Berghahn Books, 2015 9781782388425 (DLC) 2015007894 (OCoLC)900445969 |
ISBN |
9781782388432 (electronic book) |
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1782388435 (electronic book) |
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9781782388425 |
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1782388427 |
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9781789200577 (paperback : acid-free paper) |
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1789200571 |
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