| Portion of title |
Postwar America and the politics of cultural globalization |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The birth of UNESCO and the limits of postwar cultural reconstruction -- Airplanes, embassies, and educational exchange (or, the fruit of war junk) -- Passports, visas and the politics of international travel -- Press freedom, propaganda, and the global flow of information -- The fear of foreign culture in Cold War America -- The unfulfilled promise of cultural globalization. |
| Abstract |
"In the years immediately after World War II, the United States broadcast to the world not just its power but its values. Sam Lebovic here focuses on one of those professed ideals: the free flow of information. That trope became a proxy for America's special brand of imperial democracy, and it both abetted and constituted the spread of American culture and values worldwide. By studying visa and passport policy, funding for educational exchange and school construction, the purchase of land for embassies, the rights of international correspondents, and other mundane matters, Lebovic reveals globalization as a consequence of "quotidian world-ordering," not of high-minded abstractions like liberal internationalism"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021035772 |
| ISBN | 9780226816081 |
| ISBN | 0226816087 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
