Special Relations : the Americanization of Britain?.

Special Relations reevaluates Anglo-American cultural exchange by exploring metropolitan London's culture and counterculture from the 1950s to the 1970s. It challenges a tendency in cultural studies to privilege local reception and attempts to restore the concept of Americanization in this crit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Malchow, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Popular culture > History > 20th century.
Social movements > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements sociaux > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Civilization
Civilization > American influences
International relations
Popular culture
Social movements
Great Britain > Civilization > American influences.
Great Britain > Civilization > 1945-
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 1945-
Great Britain
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Trafalgar Square, 19/20 July 1969; Introduction; Part I . Mayfair Modern; 1. London, USA?; 2. The Embassy and the Crowd; 3. US/Us: The Left's Special Relationship; Part II. The Counterculture; 4. From the Albert Hall to a British Counterculture; 5. California Dreamin'; 6. Venues of Liberation; Part III. Freedom; 7. Anglo-American Black Liberation; 8. Riding the Second Wave: The American Face of Women's Liberation in Britain; 9. Coming Out and Coming Together: Anglo-American Gay Liberation; Part IV. Postmodern, Antimodern; 10. Dystopias.
  • 11. British "Heritage" and the Transatlantic Marketplace12. Mecklenburgh Square; Postscript: To the Bicentennial/Jubilee; Concluding Remarks; Notes; Index.

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