The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics: A Brief History with Documents

The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics: A Brief History with Documents
ISBN-10
0312677103
ISBN-13
9780312677107
Category
History
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2014-01-03
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Authors
Sarah T. Phillips, Shane Hamilton

Description

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—including Soviet accounts never before translated for an English-speaking audience—connects 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.

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