Cold war on the home front
Subtitle: the soft power of midcentury design
By: Greg Castillo.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816646913; 9780816646920
Subjects: Consumer goods -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Consumer goods -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century; Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Cold War; Propaganda, American; Propaganda, Soviet
Other titles: Soft power of midcentury design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Domesticity as a weapon; title: 1. Household affluence and its discontents; title: 2. Cultural revolutions in tandem; title: 3. Better living through modernism; title: 4. Stalinism by design; title: 5. People's capitalism and capitalism's people; title: 6. The Trojan house goes east; title: 7. Consuming socialism; title: Epilogue. Critical masses; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.