Hope & folly : the United States and Unesco, 1945-1985 / William Preston, Jr., Edward S. Herman, and Herbert I. Schiller ; preface by Sean MacBride ; introduction by Ellen Ray and William H. Schaap ; manuscript produced by the Institute for Media Analysis, Inc., New York, New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preston, William, 1924-

Contributor:

Herman, Edward S.

Schiller, Herbert I., 1919-

Institute for Media Analysis.

Series:

Media & society ; 3.

Media & society ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press--United States--Influence.

Press.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

Unesco--United States.

Unesco.

Unesco--Press coverage--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Hope and folly

Hope and folly.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hope and Folly was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Created in a burst of idealism after World War II, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) existed for forty years in a state of troubled yet often successful collaboration with one of its founders and benefactors, the United States. In 1980, UNESCO adopted the report of a commission that surveyed and criticized the dominanc

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; THE HISTORY OF U.S.-UNESCO RELATIONS; U.S. MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO; IS THERE A UNITED STATES INFORMATION POLICY?; APPENDIXES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780816655809

0816655804

9780816617890

0816617899

OCLC:

182732705