Politics of Apolitical Culture: The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Political Economy of American Hegemony 1945-1955

Contributor(s): Scott-Smith, Giles (Author)

ISBN: 9780415244459

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$233.99

Pub Date: November 22, 2001

Dewey: 327.01713

LCCN: 2001034985

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.76" H x 9.66" L x 6.16" W ( 1.13 lbs) 248 pages

BISAC Categories:

Political Science | International Relations | General

Series: Routledge/Psa Political Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book analyses a key episode in the cultural Cold War - the formation of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. This study combines archival research, cultural history and the theory of Gramscian political economy.

Review Quotes: "well-written narrative."
-The Journal of American History

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