Propaganda & Dreams is a revealing portrait of two countries, the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1930s. This thought-provoking volume includes more than 200 photographs, all, says author Leah Bendavid-Val, "generated by governments for causes that were shared by the photographers who took the pictures, the authorities who funded them, and the publishers who disseminated them." These photographs all offer impactive realism, but it is "mingled [with] romance...in varying ways and degrees."
James H. Billington Ordre des livres (chronologique)
1 juin 1929 – 20 novembre 2018
James Hadley Billington fut un éminent universitaire et auteur américain qui enseigna l'histoire à Harvard et Princeton. Il a servi comme 13e Bibliothécaire du Congrès, façonnant de manière significative les institutions culturelles américaines au cours de son long mandat. Ses travaux universitaires exploraient les récits historiques, et son héritage est cimenté par son leadership influent dans la sphère culturelle.
Looks at the failed coup attempt and the other events that led to the breakdown of the totalitarian regime and the birth of a new optimism