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" Dictators, democracy, and American public culture : "
Benjamin L. Alpers.
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BL
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1022359
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b776729
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| Main Entry
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Alpers, Benjamin Leontief,1965-
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Dictators, democracy, and American public culture : : envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950s /\ Benjamin L. Alpers.
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2003.
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Cultural studies of the United States
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1 online resource (x, 405 pages).
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0807861227
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0807827509
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0807854166
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9780807827505
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9780807854167
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-379) and index.
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| Contents
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The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America.
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Focusing on portrayals of European dictatorships in US films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches and other texts, this study traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920s through to the early years of the Cold War.
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Democracy.
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Dictatorship.
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Mass media-- United States-- Influence.
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Public opinion-- United States.
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Démocratie.
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Dictature.
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Médias-- États-Unis-- Influence.
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Opinion publique-- États-Unis.
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Democracy.
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Dictatorship.
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Mass media-- Influence.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Public opinion.
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Beïnvloeding.
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Massamedia.
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Totalitarisme.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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321.9
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| LC Classification
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JC495.A46 2003eb
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89.36bcl
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