U.S. international exhibitions during the Cold War : winning hearts and minds through cultural diplomacy / Andrew James Wulf.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wulf, Andrew James, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cultural diplomacy--United States--History--20th century.
• Traveling exhibitions--Political aspects--History--20th century.
• United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
• United States--Relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Other Title:

• US international exhibitions during the Cold War
• United States international exhibitions during the Cold War

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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" with the goal of "winning hearts and minds."

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.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-4643-X