The Culture of the Cold War

2. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-8018-5195-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: The American Moment

"Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold War—and its dramatic ending—on American culture in an updated version of his highly acclaimed study. In a new epilogue to this second edition, he extends his analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the American and European intelligensia, to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.

Whitfield treats his subject matter with the eye of a historian, reminding the reader that the Cold War is now a thing of the past. His treatment underscores the importance of the Cold War to our national identity and forces the reader to ask, Where do we go from here? The question is especially crucial for the Cold War historian, Whitfield argues. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitfield, Stephen J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Politicizing Culture: Suspicious Minds
Chapter 2. Seeing Red: The Stigma
Chapter 3. Assenting: The Trend of Ideology
Chapter 4. Praying: God Bless America
Chapter 5. Informing: Many Are Called
Chapter 6. Reeling: The Politics of Film
Chapter 7. Boxed-In: Television and the Press
Chapter 8. Dissenting: Pity the Land
Chapter 9. Thawing: A Substitute for Victory
Epilogue
Bibliographical Essay
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Whitfield, Stephen J
Stephen J. Whitfield is Max Richter Chair in American Civilization at Brandeis University. He is the author of A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till and A Critical American: The Politics of Dwight Macdonald