Across the Blocs: Exploring Comparative Cold War Cultural and Social History

By Patrick Major

Book Overview

This book asks the reader to reassess the Cold War not just as superpower conflict and high diplomacy, but as social and cultural history. It makes cross-cultural comparisons of the socio cultural aspects of the Cold War across the East/West block divide, dealing with issues including broadcasting, public opinion, and the production and consumption of popular culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714684643
• ISBN13: 9780714684642
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.5"