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- Title
The Franklin Book Programs, Translation, and the creation of a Modern Global Publishing culture, 1952-1968.
- Authors
LAUGESEN, AMANDA
- Abstract
The article discusses the United States' use of translated books as a form of propaganda during the Cold War, with particular emphasis given to the work of the nonprofit organization Franklin Book Programs, which helped publish U.S. books in translation in developing nations in order to support U.S. foreign policy. The program also worked to establish book industries in these nations. The author sees such efforts as part of a larger cultural conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union that characterized the Cold War. Franklin's relationship with the U.S. government is detailed, as is its funding from philanthropic foundations.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FRANKLIN Book Programs Inc.; AMERICAN propaganda; TRANSLATIONS; COLD War, 1945-1991; PUBLISHING; CULTURE conflict; INTERNATIONAL relations &; culture; BOOK industry; NONPROFIT organization finance; TRANSLATING &; interpreting; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Princeton University Library Chronicle, 2009, Vol 71, Issue 2, p168
- ISSN
0032-8456
- Publication type
Article