Article ID: CBB540803436

The Little Golden Books in the Shadow of the CIA, or the Americanization of Children's Publishing in Cold War France (2023)

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In 1949, a new French publishing house, named Cocorico, launched a brand new collection called "Un petit livre d'or". In fact, it was simply a translation of the American "Little Golden Books" series. These cheap, cheerful and colourful picturebooks for the children of postwar Europe enjoyed immediate success. But the importation into Europe of the concept of "little golden books" had roots far beyond the simple framework of children's publishing and became part of the cultural Cold War," "book diplomacy," and the policy of "containment." All this was orchestrated by a multi-faceted dual national Franco-American, Georges Duplaix, who worked for the CIA.

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Authors & Contributors
Doel, Ronald E.
Benoît Pelopidas
Sébastien Philippe
Birkhead, Tim R.
Graham, Thomas
Hansen, Keith A.
Journals
Cold War History
Acta Historica Leopoldina
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Archives of Natural History
Book History
Publishers
Brill
Duke University Press
University of Washington Press
Concepts
Cold War
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Book industries and trade
Science and politics
Science
Deterrence (strategy)
People
Woolf, Virginia
Tinbergen, Nikolaas
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
16th century
17th century
21st century
Renaissance
Places
France
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
India
Tunisia
Institutions
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Royal Society of London
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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