Propaganda & Dreams is a revealing portrait of two countries, the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1930s. This thought-provoking volume includes more than 200 photographs, all, says author Leah Bendavid-Val, "generated by governments for causes that were shared by the photographers who took the pictures, the authorities who funded them, and the publishers who disseminated them." These photographs all offer impactive realism, but it is "mingled [with] romance...in varying ways and degrees."
James H. Billington Orden de los libros (cronológico)
1 de junio de 1929 – 20 de noviembre de 2018
James Hadley Billington fue un distinguido académico y autor estadounidense que enseñó historia en Harvard y Princeton. Se desempeñó como el 13º Bibliotecario del Congreso, dando forma significativa a las instituciones culturales de Estados Unidos durante su extensa gestión. Su trabajo académico profundizó en narrativas históricas, y su legado está cimentado por su influyente liderazgo en la esfera cultural.
Looks at the failed coup attempt and the other events that led to the breakdown of the totalitarian regime and the birth of a new optimism