Alan M Ball

Imagining America

Influence and Images in Twentieth-Century Russia

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In Imagining America, historian Alan M. Ball explores American influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic. Ball deftly illustrates how in each era Russians have approached the United States with a conflicting mix of ideas-as a land to admire from afar, to shun at all costs, to emulate as quickly as possible, or to surpass on the way to a superior society. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Ball traces the shifting Russian perceptions of American cultural, social, and political life. As he clearly demonstrates, througho… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7425-2793-5
EAN: 9780742527935
Produktnummer: 1410546
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 324 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 471 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 471

Über den Autor

Alan M. Ball is associate professor of history at Marquette University and the author of Russia's Last Capitalists: The Nepmen, 1921-1929 and And Now My Soul is Hardened: Abandoned Children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930.