Cold War on the home front : the soft power of midcentury design

Cold War on the home front : the soft power of midcentury design / Greg Castillo.

Amid a display of sunshine-yellow electric appliances in a model home at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon squared off on the merits of their respective economic systems. One of the signature events of the cold war...

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Main Author: Castillo, Greg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Consumer goods > United States > History > 20th century.
Consumer goods > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Capitalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Socialism > United States > 20th century.
Cold War.
Propaganda, American.
Propaganda, Soviet.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Capitalism
Consumer goods
Propaganda, American
Propaganda, Soviet
Socialism
Soviet Union
United States
History
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