Empire of pictures global media and the 1960s remaking of American foreign policy (Explorations in culture and international history series; volume 8)

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 c...

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Main Author: Kunkel, Sönke
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2015
Berghahn
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1
Series:Explorations in culture and international history
Subjects:
1960s
20th Century
American Foreign Policy
Cold War in mass media
Globalization > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
History
HISTORY / World
Imperialism > History > 20th century
International Relations
Mass media
Mass media > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
Media History
Media History, Visual History, 1960s, Visual Culture, Media Studies, American Foreign Policy
Media Studies
Pictures > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century
Political Science
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
United States
United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963
United States > Foreign relations > 1963-1969
Visual Culture
Visual History
Media History, Visual History, 1960s, Visual Culture, Media Studies, American Foreign Policy
Media Studies
Visual Culture
Visual History
Media History
American Foreign Policy
1960s
ISBN:1782388435, 9781782388432, 1782388427, 9781782388425
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Table of Contents:
  • Empire of pictures: global media and the 1960s remaking of American foreign policy (Explorations in culture and international history series; volume 8) -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Why Empires Need Pictures -- Chapter 1: The Picture State and Its Innovators -- Chapter 2: Contact Points with Empire and the Globalizing of Media -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
  • Empire of Pictures -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Contents --
  • List of Figures --
  • List of Abbreviations --
  • Endnotes --
  • Preface --
  • Chapter 6 Power: Global Media and the Other History of the Vietnam War --
  • Index
  • Chapter 5 Peace: Space Flights as “Pictorial Acts” --
  • Introduction Why Empires Need Pictures --
  • Chapter 1 The Picture State and Its Innovators --
  • Conclusion From Nixon to Obama, or: The Legacy of the 1960s --
  • Part II. Picturing Empire --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Chapter 2 Contact Points with Empire and the Globalizing of Media --
  • Chapter 3 Prosperity: Official Visits to the United States --
  • Part I. The Rise of the Visual Age --
  • Bibliography --
  • Chapter 4 Progress: Popular Aspirations, the Global South, and the Politics of Imagination --