Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, Hardcover - Erich Schwartzel

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Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Blair DavisIllustration(s): 15 photographsNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 153 x...

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Reducere. Mao and his policies have long been demonised in the West, with the Cultural Revolution considered a fundamental violation of human rights. As Chin...

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Erich Fromm was one of the most influential and creative public intellectuals of the twentieth century. He was a mentor to David Riesman and an ins...

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Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): C. Fred BergstenNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 235 x 37Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

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