The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics: A Brief History with Documents
The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics: A Brief History with Documents by Shane Hamilton, Sarah T. Phillips
English | January 3, 2014 | ISBN: 0312677103 | True PDF | 171 pages | 20.96 MB
English | January 3, 2014 | ISBN: 0312677103 | True PDF | 171 pages | 20.96 MB
This innovative treatment of the Kitchen Debate reveals the event not only as a symbol of U.S. -Soviet military and diplomatic rivalry but as a battle over living standards that profoundly shaped the economic, social, and cultural contours of the Cold War era. The introduction situates the Debate in a survey of the Cold War, and an unprecedented collection of primary-source selections—including Soviet accounts never before translated for an English-speaking audience—connects the Debate to consumer society, gender ideologies, and geopolitics.
Document headnotes, a chronology, questions to consider, and a bibliography enhance students’ understanding of this defining moment of the Cold War.