Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Pyongyang (19).

Pyongyang.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, DPRK 1980.  Text is in English.

 
Handiworks decoration

Helping her first writing

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System (10)

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1979.  Text is in English.

 
Water conservancy work began along the Shiho River in 1958 with the founding of the people’s communes.  The builders quarried rock from nearby mountains for use at the worksite.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels (9)

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels by Hans Prang and Kurt Drummer.  Hardcover book published by VEB Fachbushverlag Leipzig 1971.

Brook trout au bleu, Erlau style

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy (5)

Soviet Georgia: It’s Geography, History and Economy, edited by Aleksandre Javakhishvili and Giorgi Gvelesiani.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers (no date).  Text is in English.

Nitrogen Fertiliser Works in Rustavi

Gumati Hydroelectric Power Station

Rotary kilns at the cement works in Rustavi

Rustavi Iron and Steel Works

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Winds of Wanderlust: Hiking and Tourist Trails in the Soviet Union (6).

The Winds of Wanderlust: Hiking and Tourist Trails in the Soviet Union.  Hardcover book published by Progress Publishers 1978.  All text is in English.


Monday, April 8, 2013

Bridges in China: Old and new by Mao Yi-sheng (3)

Bridges in China: Old and new by Mao Yi-sheng.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1978.  All text is in English.

A full view of the steel girder trusses of the Nanking Yangtze River Bridge.

Lachiu Bridge on the Chengtu-Kunming line.  Its tied arch, welded by high-pressure bolts, spans 112 metres.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Daugavpils (8).

Daugavpils. Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Avots, Riga 1988. Text is in Latvian and Russian.

Silenes vidusskola

 
1. poliklinika un 8. apetieka Daugavpili

Daugavpils bernu slimnica