U.S. international exhibitions during the Cold War winning hearts and minds through cultural diplomacy

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&q...

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Main Author: Wulf, Andrew James 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • 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