Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture, and the Cold War

by Andrew N. Rubin

Combining literary, cultural, and political history, and based on extensive archival research, including previously unseen FBI and CIA documents, Archives of Authority argues that cultural politics--specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts--played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Andrew Rubin argues that this transfer reshaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154155
• ISBN13: 9780691154152
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"