Empire of pictures global media and the 1960s remaking of American foreign policy
Introduction: why empires need pictures -- Part I: The rise of the visual age -- Chapter 1: The picture state and its innovators -- Chapter 2: Contact points with empire and the globalizing of media -- Part II: Picturing empire -- Chapter 3: Prosperity : official visits to the United States -- Chapt...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, Oxford
Berghahn Books
2016
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| Schriftenreihe: | Explorations in culture and international history
Volume 8 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: why empires need pictures -- Part I: The rise of the visual age -- Chapter 1: The picture state and its innovators -- Chapter 2: Contact points with empire and the globalizing of media -- Part II: Picturing empire -- Chapter 3: Prosperity : official visits to the United States -- Chapter 4: Progress : popular aspirations, the global south, and the politics of imagination -- Chapter 5: Peace : space flights as "pictorial acts" -- Chapter 6: Power : global media and the other history of the Vietnam war -- Conclusion: From Nixon to Obama, or, the legacy of the 1960s. "In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest. At the same time, they were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. Examining how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes, this book offers groundbreaking international research which shows that U.S. power came to depend more and more not on military superiority or economic strength alone, but also on America's ability to create appealing pictures that assured recognition of its global leadership"--Provided by publisher Introduction: Why Empires Need Pictures -- Part I: The Rise of the Visual Age -- The Picture State and Its Innovators -- Contact Points with Empire and the Globalizing of Media -- Part II: Picturing Empire -- Prosperity : Official Visits to the United States -- Progress : Popular Aspirations, the Global South, and the Politics of Imagination -- Peace : Space Flights as "Pictorial Acts" -- Power : Global Media and the Other History of the Vietnam War -- Conclusion: From Nixon to Obama, or, The Legacy of the 1960s |
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| Beschreibung: | Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 211-249. - Index |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 260 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781782388425 978-1-78238-842-5 |