The Cold War in universities : U.S. and Soviet cultural diplomacy, 1945-1990 /

"In Cold War in Universities: U.S. and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy, 1945-1990 Natalia Tsvetkova recounts how the United States and the Soviet Union aspired to transform overseas academic institutions according to their political aims during the Cold War. The book depicts how U.S. and Soviet attem...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: T͡Svetkova, N. A. (Natalʹi͡a Aleksandrovna) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:New perspectives on the Cold War ; v. 9.
Temas:
1900-1999
Education, Higher > American influences > History > 20th century.
Education, Higher > Soviet influences > History.
Higher education and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Higher education and state > Soviet Union > History.
Cultural diplomacy > United States > History > 20th century.
Cultural diplomacy > Soviet Union > History.
Cold War.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > URSS > Histoire.
Diplomatie culturelle > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Diplomatie culturelle > URSS > Histoire.
Guerre froide.
Education, Higher > Soviet influences
Cultural diplomacy
Education, Higher > American influences
Higher education and state
Soviet Union
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Cold War, Cultural Diplomacy, and Universities
  • 2 Universities in Cultural Cold War Studies
  • 3 Archival Documents: What They Reveal
  • 4 Theoretical Discussion: Realism, Constructivism, Americanization/Sovietization, Response Concept, or Fear?
  • 1. Europe: Opposition of "Conservative" Professors to U.S. and Soviet Transformations in German
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 U.S. and Soviet Cultural Offensive in Universities of Divided Germany: Making a Pliable Professor
  • 2.1 Facing the Old Professors: U.S. and Soviet Perceptions
  • 2.2 Purging Rectors
  • 2.3 Purging Professors
  • 2.4 Pliable Professors?
  • 2.5 U.S. and Soviet Institutions in German Universities
  • 3 Opposition of "Conservative Professors" to U.S. and Soviet Reforms
  • 3.1 U.S. Advisors and Opposed Professors
  • 3.2 Soviet Advisors and Opposed Professors
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 2. Middle East and Central Asia: Americanization, Sovietization, and Resistance in Afghanistan
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Kabul University under the Control of the United States
  • 2.1 Promoting the Faculty of Engineering
  • 2.2 English as the Language of Instruction
  • 2.3 Turmoil and Termination of Projects
  • 2.4 Aftermath ...
  • 3 Kabul University under Soviet Control
  • 3.1 Purging Everything "American"
  • 4 Professors and Students at Kabul University: Resistance to Americanization and Sovietization
  • 4.1 Professors against U.S. and Soviet Advisors
  • 4.2 Students against U.S. and Soviet Advisors
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 3. Africa: When Development and Professors Erased U.S. and Soviet Transformations in Universities
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 U.S. Advisors at Haile Selassie I University: Under the Pressure of Ethiopianization
  • 2.1 Building a University Scattered across the City
  • 2.2 Faculty of Education: Between Success and Failure
  • 2.3 Ethiopianization: A Clash between Local and U.S. Professors
  • 2.4 Anti-Americanism of Students: Undermining American Transformations
  • 3 Soviet Advisors at Bahar Dar Polytechnic Institute: Caught between Sabotaged Professors and Loyal Students
  • 3.1 The Ethiopian Government versus Soviet Advisors
  • 3.2 Professors: Sabotage against Russians
  • 3.3 Students: Between Government Repression and Soviet Marxism
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 4. Asia-Pacific: Sabotage of Academics against U.S. and Soviet Strangers in Vietnam
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Making Teachers of English: U.S. Education Policy in Saigon
  • 2.1 The University of Saigon and the Faculty of Pedagogy: Making a Teacher
  • 2.2 U.S. Advisors at Schools: Building Infrastructure
  • 2.3 Successes, Failures, and Consequences of American Reforms
  • 3 Making Teachers of Russian: Soviet Education Policy in Hanoi
  • 3.1 Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages at Hanoi: Making a Teacher of Russian Language
  • 3.2 Soviet Advisors at Schools: Teaching Children
  • 3.3 Successes, Failures, and Consequences of Soviet Reforms.

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