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1 online resource (xii, 382 pages) : illustrations |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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American encounters/global interactions |
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American encounters/global interactions.
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Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Ends of History -- Out of Order: discordant Triumphalism and the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Losing the Good Life: post-Cold War Malaise and the Enemy Within -- "God I Miss the Cold War": busted Containers and Popular Nostalgia 1993- -- Consuming Nostalgia: lampooning Lenin, Marketing Mao, and the Global Turn to the Right -- Patriot Acts: staging the War on Terror from the Spy Museum to Bishkek -- Spies R Us: paradoxes of U.S.-Russian Relations -- Nostalgia for the Future. |
| Summary |
"In Paradoxes of Nostalgia Penny M. Von Eschen offers a sweeping examination of the Cold War's afterlife and the lingering shadows it casts over geopolitics, journalism, and popular culture. She shows how myriad forms of nostalgia across the globe-from those that posit a mythic national past to those critical of neoliberalism that remember a time when people believed in the possibility of a collective good-indelibly shape the post-cold war era. When Western triumphalism moved into global South and former eastern bloc spaces, many articulated a powerful sense of loss and a longing for stability. Innovatively bringing together diplomatic archives, museums, films, and video games, Von Eschen shows that as the United States continuously sought new enemies for its unipolar world, Cold War triumphalism fueled the ascendancy of xenophobic right-wing nationalism and the embrace of authoritarian sensibilities in the United States and beyond. Ultimately, she demonstrates that triumphalist claims that capitalism and military might won the cold war distort the past and disfigure the present, undermining democratic values and institutions."-- Provided by publisher. |
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World politics -- 1989-
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History, Modern -- 1989-
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Cold War.
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Cold War -- Influence.
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Cold War in popular culture.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Politique mondiale -- 1989-
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Histoire -- 1989-
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Guerre froide.
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États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1989-
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989-
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HISTORY / World.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
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Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture
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Diplomatic relations
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History, Modern
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Politics and government
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War -- Influence
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World politics
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United States
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1989
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| Added Title |
Cold War triumphalism and global disorder since 1989 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Von Eschen, Penny M. (Penny Marie). Paradoxes of nostalgia. Durham : Duke University Press, 2022 9781478015604 9781478018230 (DLC) 2021043830 (OCoLC)1265457605 |
| ISBN |
9781478022848 (ebook) |
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1478022841 (ebook) |
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9781478092629 (ebook other) |
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1478092629 (ebook other) |
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9781478015604 (hardcover) |
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1478015608 (hardcover) |
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9781478018230 (paperback) |
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1478018232 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000070375590 |
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