Education and the Cultural Cold War in the Middle East - The Franklin Book Programs in Iran (Hardcover)

The Franklin Book Programs (FBP) was a private not-for-profit U.S. organization founded in 1952 during the Cold War and was subsidized by the United States' government agencies as well as private corporations. The FBP was initially intended to promote U.S. liberal values, combat Soviet influence and to create appropriate markets for U.S. books in 'Third World' of which the Middle East was an important part, but evolved into an international educational program publishing university textbooks, schoolbooks, and supplementary readings. In Iran, working closely with the Pahlavi regime, its activities included the development of printing, publishing, book distribution, and bookselling institutions. This book uses archival sources from the FBP, US intelligence agencies and in Iran, to piece together this relationship. Put in the context of wider cultural diplomacy projects operated by the US, it reveals the extent to which the programme shaped Iran's educational system. Together the history of the FBP, its complex network of state and private sector, the role of U.S. librarians, publishers, and academics, and the joint projects the FBP organized in several countries with the help of national ministries of education, financed by U.S. Department of State and U.S. foundations, sheds new light on the long history of education in imperialist social orders, in the context here of the ongoing struggle for influence in the Cold War.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Mahdi Ganjavi
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-7556-4342-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	0-7556-4342-9
Barcode:	9780755643424

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