Cold War books in the "other" Europe and what came after / by Jiřina Šmejkalová
Cold War books in the "other" Europe and what came after
Drawing on analyses of the socio-cultural context of East and Central Europe, with a special focus on the Czech cultural dynamics of the Cold War and its aftermath, this book offers a study of the making and breaking of the centrally-controlled system of book production and reception. It explores th...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | Library of the written word ;
11. Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 2. |
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| Summary: | Drawing on analyses of the socio-cultural context of East and Central Europe, with a special focus on the Czech cultural dynamics of the Cold War and its aftermath, this book offers a study of the making and breaking of the centrally-controlled system of book production and reception. It explores the social, material and symbolic reproduction of the printed text, in both official and alternative spheres, and patterns of dissemination and reading. Building on archival research, statistical data, media analyses, and in-depth interviews with the participants of the post-1989 de-centralization and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 409 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004193574 900419357X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |