Cold War Orientalism

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Cold War Orientalism

Asia in the Middlebrow Imagination, 1945-1961

Creator	Christina Klein
Publisher	Univ of California Press 2003
ISBN	9780520936256, 0520936256, 9780520224698, 0520224698, 9780520232303,
Language	English
Category	History Literary Criticism
Subject	Asians in mass media. Asians in mass media. Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States. Cold War. HISTORY -- General. -- bisacsh Koude Oorlog. -- gtt LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. -- bisacsh Orientalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Orientalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Orientalism. Oriëntalisme. -- gtt Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Popular culture. Public opinion -- United States. Public opinion -- United States. Public opinion.

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This study reads the postwar period as one of international economic and political integration - a distinct chapter in the process of US-led globalization. It shows how US policy makers and intellectuals, created a global culture of integration that represented the growth of US power in Asia.