De-Centering Cold War History : Local and Global Change

ISBN-13: 9780415636407 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 244 str.

Jadwiga E Pieper Mooney

Opis

This title challenges the Cold War master narratives that focus on super-power politics by shifting our analytical perspective to include local-level experiences and regional initiatives that were crucial to the making of a Cold War world.

Recenzje

‘The driving motivation behind the book is the wish to bring out how the grand narratives and brutal forces of the Cold War were experienced at the individual and local level across different regions of the world, a task it succeeds in with a table of contents that ranges across Japan, Indonesia, Hungary, Switzerland, Latin America, Angola, as well as a handful of US focused “alternative histories…They [the essays] are also inspirational in terms of exploring new social and political fields of investigation.’ - Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University

Spis treści

Introduction. Part I: Cold War Activisms: Crossing Borders and Building Bridges 1. Thermonuclear Weapons and Tuna 2. The Cold War and Transnational Links 3. Fighting Fascism and Forging New Political Activism Part II: Separating Enemies from Friends: Communism, Anticommunism, and the Construction of Cold War Realities 4. Cold War Happiness 5. New Men of Power 6. Female Terrorists and Vigilant Citizens. Gender, Citizenship and Cold War Direct Democracy Part III: Rethinking Opposition and Conformity 7. Making Sense of "China" during the Cold War 8. Anti-Communist Entrepreneurs and the Anti-"Peace" Campaigns in Latin America 9. A "New Man" for Africa? Some Particularities of the Marxist Homem Novo Within Angolan Cultural Policy 10. The Cold War and Orange County

O autorze

Jadwiga Pieper-Mooney is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Arizona. Her publications include The Politics of Motherhood: Maternity and Women's Rights in Twentieth-Century Chile (Pittsburgh University Press, 2009).

Fabio Lanza is an Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. His publications include Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing (Columbia University Press, 2010).