Cold War modernists : art, literature, and American cultural diplomacy, 1946-1959 / Greg Barnhisel ; cover design, Lisa Force.

Cold War modernists : art, literature, and American cultural diplomacy, 1946-1959 / Greg Barnhisel ; cover design, Lisa Force.

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"An examination of the legacy of modernism as a cultural movement and propaganda tool during the Cold War and the 1950s in America"--Provided by publisher

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Electronic book from JSTOR
Main Author:	Barnhisel, Greg, 1969- (Author)
Other Authors:	Force, Lisa (Cover designer)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, 2015. Ã2015
Subjects:	Modernism (Aesthetics) > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. Propaganda > United States > History > 20th century. Cold War > Political aspects > United States. Art > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Cultural policy. United States > Intellectual life > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953. United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961. Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Freedom, individualism, modernism
"Advancing American art" : modernist painting and public-private partnerships
Cold warriors of the book : American book programs in the 1950s
Encounter magazine and the twilight of modernism
Perspectives USA and the economics of Cold War modernism
American modernism in American broadcasting : the voice of (middlebrow) America.