Title:The spectre is back : new perspectives on the rise and decline of European communism
Author(s):KOLAR, PavelDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This review article examines five recent studies on the communist movement, both analytical monographs and attempts at a general interpretation. It leaves aside the enormous scholarship specialized in ‘actually existing ...
Title:Stars and Stories: How films became branded products
Author(s):BAKKER, GerbenDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Between 1890 and 1940, motion pictures changed from technological novelties into heavily branded consumer products. The high sunk costs and short “shelf-life” of movies led film producers to borrow branding techniques from ...
Title:Storiografie sperimentali. Genere e world history
Author(s):CALVI, GiuliaDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A new interpretative trend is making itself visible in gender studies. Disseminated and discussed essentially in North American scholarly journals, it is situated at the intersection of family, women and gender research ...
Title:Stranded flagship. 50 years of People's Friendship University in Moscow
Author(s):RUPPRECHT, TobiasDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2010. This showpiece of Soviet internationalism cultivated the ideal of being ideologically neutral & rendering pure development assistance. ...
Title:Taking Off the Soft Power Lens: The United States Information Service in Cold War Belgium (1950-1958)
Author(s):GERITS, FrankDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In the 1950s, the Cold War became a battle for hearts and minds in which public diplomacy became the most important weapon. Public diplomacy can be broadly defined as an international actors’ attempt to conduct its foreign ...