Rethinking Cold War Culture

Kuznick, Peter J. And Gilbert, James (editors)

ISBN 10: 1560988959 / ISBN 13: 9781560988953

Edité par Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 2001

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Rethinking Cold War Culture
• Éditeur: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1560988959
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781560988953
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: First Softcover Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: Softcover Wraps
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • American Popular Culture Studies
  • American Cultural, Political & Social Commentary
  • Contemporary American Literature Studies

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Synopsis

This anthology of essays questions many widespread assumptions about the culture of postwar America. Illuminating the origins and development of the many threads that constituted American culture during the Cold War, the contributors challenge the existence of a monolithic culture during the 1950s and thereafter. They demonstrate instead that there was more to American society than conformity, political conservatism, consumerism, and middle-class values.

By examining popular culture, politics, economics, gender relations, and civil rights, the contributors contend that, while there was little fundamentally new about American culture in the Cold War era, the Cold War shaped and distorted virtually every aspect of American life. Interacting with long-term historical trends related to demographics, technological change, and economic cycles, four new elements dramatically influenced American politics and culture: the threat of nuclear annihilation, the use of surrogate and covert warfare, the intensification of anticommunist ideology, and the rise of a powerful military-industrial complex.

This provocative dialogue by leading historians promises to reshape readers' understanding of America during the Cold War, revealing a complex interplay of historical norms and political influences.

À propos de l?auteur

Peter J. Kuznick is associate professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, and the author of Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America (1987).

James Gilbert is Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science (1997).