Not Like Us by Richard Pells

Not Like Us by Richard Pells

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A cultural history showing how America tried to remake Europe in its own image and how Europeans successfully retained their own identity, altering American culture to fit their needs and tastes. It shows how Americans were as attracted to Europe's fashions and goods as Europeans were influenced by America's technology and mass entertainment.

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Not Like Us by Richard Pells

Debunking the myth of the Americanization of Europe, a noted historian presents an authoritative and engrossing cultural history of how America tried to remake Europe in its own image, and how the Europeans successfully retained their identity in the face of American mass culture. Pells provides a new paradigm for understanding the survival of local and national cultures in a global setting. Index.
Richard Pells is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. He has held visiting professorships at universities in the Netherlands, Denmark, Brazil, and Australia, and has lectured widely in Europe and America on topics in cultural history. The author of The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Age and Radical Visions and American Dreams, he lives in Austin, Texas.
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ISBN 13 9780465001637
ISBN 10 0465001637
Title Not Like Us
Author Richard Pells
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Basic Books
Year published 1998-04-11
Number of pages 464
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.