Imagining America

Influence and Images in Twentieth-Century Russia

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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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, throughout their history Russian imaginations featured a United States that political figures and intellectuals might embrace, exploit, or attack, but could not ignore.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-07-21
Mått151 x 226 x 18 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742527935

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Introduction: The Land of the Benzine PegasusPart 3 The Early Soviet EraChapter 4 Soviet AmericanismChapter 5 Heavenly MiraclesChapter 6 Happy Endings and Jolly GuysChapter 7 Arch-Bourgeois MachinesChapter 8 Catch and SurpassPart 9 The Contemporary EraChapter 10 Holy Communion at McDonald'sChapter 11 The American ModelChapter 12 Counter StrikeChapter 13 Conclusion: Gud-Bai Amerika?

Highly respected U.S. scholar Ball is mainly concerned with Russian attitudes and borrowings regarding U.S. technology and culture, but he also deals with Russian perceptions of the U.S. economic and political system and of American life in general. His excellent book is divided into two sections, 'The Early Soviet Period' and 'The Contemporary Era,' but it also briefly touches on the period between these two eras and flashes back occasionally to 19th-century opinions of the U.S. Ball's analysis is balanced, and he provides many useful statistics. Recommended. All levels and libraries.