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Title Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war / Amanda Laugesen.

Publication Info.	Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
	2017

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Description	1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations.
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Series	Studies in print culture and the history of the book
	Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction. American Cold War book empires -- Books for a new war -- Book diplomacy in the Middle East -- A world of books, an empire of books -- Book work as modernization -- Book modernization in Africa and Latin America -- The decline and end of Franklin Book Programs -- Conclusion. Assessing the legacy.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Franklin Book Programs -- History.
	Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Publishers and publishing -- History -- 20th century.
	Translations -- Publishing -- History -- 20th century.
	Books and reading -- History -- 20th century.
	Cultural diplomacy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Cold War.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	American publishers and the cultural cold war
Other Form:	Print version: Laugesen, Amanda. Taking books to the world : American publishers and the cultural cold war. Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, c2017 x, 193 pages Studies in print culture and the history of the book. 9781625343086 (DLC) 2017017178
ISBN	9781625343093
	9781625343086
	9781613765463 (electronic bk.)