The Kitchen Debate 1959-2009: Stability and Change in the Cold War

• In Event: Scholar to Scholar II

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

In July, 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon engaged in an historic debate with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Beyond the political wrangling, the Kitchen Debate marked a shift in cultural practices, where the competing narratives of domestic stability and investment in technology were modeled for viewers both at home and abroad. Fifty years later, this panel continues an engagement with the cultural and political concerns which emerged during the debate.

Sub Unit

• Scholar to Scholar Sessions

Individual Presentations

• The Kitchen Debates and Ampex Color Tape: Technology and Cold War Order - Ned O'Gorman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Out of the Kitchen, Into the Convention: MacArthur and 'The Manchurian Candidate' as Cold War Cultural Indicators - Tracey Quigley Holden, Indiana University, South Bend

• Wheels and Deals: Negotiating Privacy through the Cold War Car - Elisabeth Ross, Northwestern University

Session Organizer

• Elisabeth Ross, Northwestern University