The Kitchen Debate And Cold War Consumer Politics: A Brief History With Documents (The Bedford Series In History And Culture)

This innovative treatment of the Kitchen Debate reveals the event not only as a symbol of U.S. -Soviet military and diplomatic rivalry but as a battle over living standards that profoundly shaped the economic, social, and cultural contours of the Cold War era. The introduction situates the Debate in a survey of the Cold War, and an unprecedented collection of primary-source selections??ncluding Soviet accounts never before translated for an English-speaking audience??onnects the Debate to consumer society, gender ideologies, and geopolitics. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions to consider, and a bibliography enhance students??understanding of this defining moment of the Cold War.

• | Author: Sarah T. Phillips|Shane Hamilton
• | Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin'S
• | Publication Date: Jan 03, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 171 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0312677103
• | ISBN-13: 9780312677107