How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art. Abstract Expressionism, Freedom and the Cold War, Paperback - Serge Guilbaut

An interpretation of the political and cultural history of the early cold war years. The author argues that art is part of the general culture, not...

Reducere. An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of the CIA-funded Congress for Cultu...

DescriptionThis is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country th...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Brigid CohenIllustration(s): 19 halftones, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 376Collection: New Materia...

DescriptionPublished as a large-format hardcover to celebrate the museum's 90th anniversary and the October 2019 opening of the new MoMA after its ...

Reducere. With the exception of a few iconic moments such as Rosa Parks's 1955 refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, we hear little about what bla...

Clear Revise illustrated revision and practice for Edexcel GCSE History. Absolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of GCSE History revision...

Reducere. A long-awaited survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work The artists Jay DeFeo, He...

A New York Review Books Original Victor Serge is one of the great men of the 20th century —and one of its great writers too. He was an anarchist, a...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Serge FauchereauIllustration(s): 195 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jian ChenThis comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the ori...

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A treatment of cinema's long and fraught relations with the monstrous symbols of Soviet communism

Like no other, the Thomas Walther Collection at the MoMA captures the imaginative spirit of early 20th-century photography, a time of dynamic circu...

Reducere. Only two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War. The two men embodied opposing strategies for winning the conflict. Ye...

One cold Moscow night, Comrade Tulayev, a high government official, is shot dead on the street, and the search for the killer begins. In this panor...

The Cold War examines the complex arguments which divided East and West following the Second World war, and analyses its eight major phases from th...

The Human Factor tells the dramatic story about the part played by political leaders - particularly the three very different personalities of Gorba...

An indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia For...

This is the most comprehensive history to date of the Truman Administration's progressive embroilment in the cold war, and it presents a stunning n...

Reducere. A team of leading scholars examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 to the Soviet collapse in 1991. The authors ...

With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authorit...

A true Cold War espionage thriller set in the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross t...

Reducere. The Clever Teens' Guide to the Cold War: The perfect guide for background reading or revision. From the end of World War Two to the collapse of the...

Charting the rise and fall of almost fifty years of global confrontation, this book highlights the impact of the Cold War on the culture of the tim...

Reducere. Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Exami...

Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and ...

Dogopolis suggests a surprising source of urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships.Publisher: The Universi...

In 1955, the United States Information Agency published a lavishly illustrated booklet called My America. Assembled ostensibly to document "the bas...

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The acclaimed French photographer and YouTube star captures New York in all its beauty and variety, in full colour. Text in English, German and Fre...

Amongst the pioneering exponents of Californian Abstract Expressionism was Frank Lobdell (b. 1921)--peer to painters such as Clyfford Still, Mark R...

In this concise account, David Anfam examines the movement in terms of its political implications and cultural context, taking into account a wealt...

Reducere. Herman Mendoza built his kingdom in Queens, New York. He made a fortune selling cocaine with his brothers up and down the Eastern Seaboard. He had ...

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Reducere. Trilogia New York-ului (Orasul de sticla, Fantome, Camera incuiata) i-a adus lui Paul Auster recunoasterea internationala pentru crearea unui nou s...

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Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing CoAuthor(s): Wolfhart PannenbergIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsTranslator: Philip ClaytonNumb...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans...

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they sh...

A fresh, new study on the overlooked history of the backbone of the Cold War US Navy, the go-anywhere, do-anything frigate. Though they were never ...