| Not Like Us: How Europeans Have Loved, Hated, and Transformed American Culture Since World War II Revised Edition Contributor(s): Pells, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465001637 ISBN-13: 9780465001637 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 303.48 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.14" W x 9.24" (1.43 lbs) 464 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. Richard Pells provides a new paradigm for understanding the survival of local and national cultures in a global setting. |
